Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.”
He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
Moses said, “Don’t leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.