Numbers 10:29–36

²⁹Then Moses said to ^aHobab the son of ^bReuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which Yahweh said, ‘^cI will give it to you’; ^dcome with us and we will do you good, for Yahweh ^ehas ¹promised good concerning Israel.”

³⁰But he said to him, “^aI will not come, but rather will go to my own land and kin.”

³¹Then he said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you ^awill be as eyes for us.

³²“So it will be, if you go with us, that ^1awhatever good Yahweh ²does for us, ^bwe will ³do for you.”

^33aThus they set out from the mount of Yahweh three days’ journey, with ^bthe ark of the covenant of Yahweh journeying in front of them for the ¹three days, to spy out ^ca resting place for them.

^34aNow the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

³⁵Then it happened when the ark set out that Moses said,

“^aRise up, O Yahweh!

And let Your enemies be scattered,

And let those ^bwho hate You flee ¹before You.”

³⁶And when it came to rest, he said,

“^aReturn, O Yahweh,

To the myriad ^bthousands of Israel.”