²⁹And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.

³⁰But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.

³¹And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

³²And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us.

³³So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp.

³⁴The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched.

³⁵And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face.

³⁶And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.

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