28. This was the order of march for the Israelites, company by company, when they set out.
29. Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place concerning which the Lord has said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will be generous toward you, for the Lord has promised prosperity to Israel.”
30. But he answered, “No, I will not come. I am going instead to the land of my birth.”