Numbers 10:29–36

²⁹Now Moses said to ^cHobab the son of ^dReuel ⁴the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^e‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and ^fwe will treat you well; for ^gthe Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

³⁰And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

³¹So Moses said, “Please do not leave, inasmuch as you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you can ⁵be our ^heyes. ³²And it shall be, if you go with us—indeed it shall be—that ⁱwhatever good the Lord will do to us, the same we will do to you.”

³³So they departed from ^jthe mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^kwent before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. ³⁴And ^lthe cloud of the Lord was above them by day when they went out from the camp.

³⁵So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:

^m“Rise up, O Lord!

Let Your enemies be scattered,

And let those who hate You flee before You.”

³⁶And when it rested, he said:

“Return, O Lord,

To the many thousands of Israel.”