Numbers 10:29-31

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁹ Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, ‘We are setting out for 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 promised good to Israel.’ ³⁰ But he said to him, ‘I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred.’ ³¹ He said, ‘Do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.