28. This was the order of the camps, and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward.
29. And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.
30. But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.
31. And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.
32. And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us.
33. So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp.
34. The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched.
35. And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face.
36. And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.