27 And in the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the leader was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 These were the camps and departures of the sons of Israel by their companies, when they went forth.
29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite, his kinsman: 'We are setting out to the place which the Lord will give to us. Come with us, so that we may do good to you. For the Lord has promised good things to Israel.'
30 And he answered him, 'I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.'
31 And he said: 'Do not choose to leave us. For you know in which places in the desert we ought to make camp, and so you shall be our guide.
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