30. He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
31. Moses said, “Don’t leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.
32. It shall be, if you go with us—yes, it shall be—that whatever good the Lord does to us, we will do the same to you.”
33. They set forward from the Mount of the Lord three days’ journey. The ark of the Lord’s covenant went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
34. The cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
35. When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”
36. When it rested, he said, “Return, Lord, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”