When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle. Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle. When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys.
But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. —
Cross-references (17)
- Psalms 78:14 (vv36, 38) In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
- Numbers 9:15 (v38) On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony. At evening it was over the…
- Exodus 13:21 (v38) Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that…
- Nehemiah 9:19 (v36) yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead…
- Isaiah 4:5-6 (v38) Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming…
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- Psalms 105:39 (vv36, 38) He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
- Numbers 9:19-22 (v37) When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept Yahweh’s command, and didn’t travel. Sometimes the…
- Numbers 9:17 (v36) Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud…
- Exodus 13:21-22 (v36) Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that…
- Numbers 10:11-13 (v36) In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the…
- Numbers 10:33-36 (v36) They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days’ journey. The ark of Yahweh’s covenant went before them three days’ journey, to seek…
- Numbers 19:17-22 (v36) “For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured on them in a vessel. A…
- Psalms 31:15 (v37) My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1 (v36) Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 (v36) namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v38 Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them…
Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v36 Exo 40:36 And when the cloud was taken up…
Exo 40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Ver. 36. The children of Israel went.] The Jews conceive that this cloud that led Israel through the wilderness, levelled mountains, raised valleys, and laid all aflat: that it burnt up bushes, and smoothed rocks, and made all plain, &c. See Luk 3:5 Isa 4:5
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v38 The same pillar which in the day-time was like…
The same pillar which in the day-time was like a cloud, in the night-time had the appearance of fire. See Exo 13:21.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv36, 38 Verse 36. When the cloud was taken up] The…
Verse 36. When the cloud was taken up] The subject of these three last verses has been very largely explained in the notes on Ex 13:21, to which, as well as to the general remarks on that chapter, the reader is requested immediately to refer. See Clarke on Ex 13:21.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v36 A fire. The same cloud overshadowed the camp by…
A fire. The same cloud overshadowed the camp by day, and enlightened it by night. (Chaldean; Chap. xiii. 22.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv36, 38 when the cloud was taken up from over the…
when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle--In journeying through the sandy, trackless deserts of the East, the use of torches, exhibiting a cloud of smoke by day and of fire by night, has been resorted to from time immemorial. The armies of Darius and Alexander were conducted on their marches in this manner [FABER]. The Arab caravans in the present day observe the same custom; and materials for these torches are stored up among other necessary preparations for a journey. Live fuel, hoisted in chafing dishes at the end of long poles, and being seen at a great distance, serves, by the smoke in the daytime and the light at night, as a better signal for march than the sound of a trumpet, which is not heard at the extremities of a large camp [LABORDE]. This usage, and the miracle related by Moses, mutually illustrate each other. The usage leads us to think that the miracle was necessary, and worthy of God to perform; and, on the other hand, the miracle of the cloudy pillar, affording double benefit of shade by day and light at night, implies not only that the usage was not unknown to the Hebrews, but supplied all the wants which they felt in common with other travellers through those dreary regions [FABER, HESS, GRANDPIERRE]. But its peculiar appearance, unvarying character, and regular movements, distinguished it from all the common atmospheric phenomena. It was an invaluable boon to the Israelites, and being recognized by all classes among that people as the symbol of the Divine Presence, it guided their journeys and regulated their encampments (compare Psa 29:1-11; Psa. 105:1-45).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv36, 38 36. went onward] lit. plucked up (tent-pegs), i.e. broke…
36. went onward] lit. plucked up (tent-pegs), i.e. broke up camp, the usual Heb. expression for set out. The verb is cognate with ‘journeys,’ and is rendered ‘journeyed’ in v. 37. Comp. on Exo_12:37, and Exo_17:1.
36–38. The tenses are throughout frequentative (used to go onward, used not to journey, used to be), describing what was the case habitually during the journeyings in the wilderness. Cf. Num_9:16-23; Num_10:34; also Exo_10:11 f. (all P). For the divergent representations of J and E, see on Exo_13:21-22.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v36 (36-38) The cloud was henceforth, in a peculiar way,…
(36-38) The cloud was henceforth, in a peculiar way, attached to the Tabernacle. As a cloud it rested upon it by day; as a pillar of fire by night. Only in one case was it removed, viz., when it was the Divine will that Israel should march. (See Num_9:15-22.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv36, 38 Vers. 36-38. And wheni.e. "whensoever." The last three verses…
Vers. 36-38. And wheni.e. "whensoever." The last three verses describe the manner in which the cloud henceforth served the Israelites as guide not only directing their course, but determining when they were to move, and how long they were to rest at each encampment. For a further account of the same, see Num_9:15-23.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v36 was taken up from over
was taken up from over
This can be stated in active form. AT: "rose up from" (See: Active or Passive)
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that it was lifted up
This can be stated in active form. AT: "when it rose up" (See: Active or Passive)
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Israel
raise
Yahweh
fire
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