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 the Lord said, ‘^cI will give it to you’; ^dcome with us and we will do you good, for the Lord ^ehas ¹promised good concerning Israel.”

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

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 the Lord ²does for us, ^bwe will ³do for you.”

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

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

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

“^aRise up, O Lord!

And let Your enemies be scattered,

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

³⁶When it came to rest, he said,

“^aReturn, O Lord,

To the myriad ^bthousands of Israel.”