²⁹Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out to the place that Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; go with us, and we will treat you well^t because Yahweh promised^u good concerning Israel.” ³⁰But he said to him, “I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family.” ³¹He^v said, “Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and you should be our guide.^w ³²Moreover, if you go with us, the good that Yahweh will do to us we will do to you.”

³³And so they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a journey of three days, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh setting out ahead of them^x three days’ journey to search out a resting place for them; ³⁴and the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

³⁵And whenever the ark was setting out Moses would say,

“Rise up, Yahweh!

May your enemies be scattered;

may the ones that hate you flee from your presence.”

³⁶And when it rested he would say,

“Return, Yahweh,

to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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Footnotes

tLiterally “do good to you”
uLiterally “Yahweh spoke”
vThat is, Moses
wLiterally “you should be our eyes”
xOr “before them”