30. Hobab answered, “No, I am going back to my native land.”
31. “Please don't leave us,” Moses said. “You know where we can camp in the wilderness, and you can be our guide.
32. If you come with us, we will share with you all the blessings that the Lord gives us.”
33. When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they travelled for three days. The Lord's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.
34. As they moved on from each camp, the cloud of the Lord was over them by day.
35. Whenever the Covenant Box started out, Moses would say, “Arise, Lord; scatter your enemies and put to flight those who hate you!”
36. And whenever it stopped, he would say, “Return, Lord, to the thousands of families of Israel.”