Numbers 10:29-36 - The Appeal To Hobab

²⁹ Moses 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} because {Yahweh promised} good concerning Israel."

³⁰ But he said to him, "I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family."

³¹ He said, "Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and {you should be our guide}. ³² Moreover, if you go with us, the good that Yahweh will do to us we will do to you."

³³ And 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 three days' journey to search out a resting place for them; ³⁴ and the cloud of Yahweh [was] over them by day when they set out from the camp.

³⁵ And 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."

³⁶ And when it rested he would say, "Return, Yahweh, to the countless thousands of Israel."