Numbers 10:29–36

²⁹And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, ‘We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.’ ³⁰And he saith unto him, ‘I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.’ ³¹And he saith, ‘I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes; ³²and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass—that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us—it we have done kindly to thee.’ ³³And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place; ³⁴and the cloud of Jehovah is on them by day, in their journeying from the camp. ³⁵And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, ‘Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.’ ³⁶And in its resting he saith, ‘Return, O Jehovah, to the myriads, the thousands of Israel.’

Chapter 11