Numbers 10:29–36

²⁹Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law ^mReuel ^nothe Midianite: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’ ^pCome with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.” ^q

³⁰But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

³¹“Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. ³²If you come with us, whatever good the Lord does for us we will do for you.” ^r

³³They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. ^s34Meanwhile, the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

³⁵Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say:

Arise, Lord!

Let Your enemies be scattered,

and those who hate You flee from Your presence. ^t

³⁶When it came to rest, he would say:

Return, Lord,

to the countless thousands of Israel. ^u