When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept Yahweh’s command, and didn’t travel.
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When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept Yahweh’s command, and didn’t travel.
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And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
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And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
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Passages linked to Numbers 9:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Zechariah 3:7 “Yahweh of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
- Numbers 1:52-53 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions. But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 3:8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain They waited when the Lord would signify either their…
They waited when the Lord would signify either their departure, or their abode by the cloud.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon…
Num 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Ver. 19. Kept the charge of the Lord.] Or, His wateh - viz., to be ready at any hour to remove. So must we always watch and be in readiness, as not knowing whether at even, or at midnight, or cock crowing, or in the dawning, Christ will come. {Mar 13:35}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The charge of the Lord, i.e. the command of…
The charge of the Lord, i.e. the command of God mentioned before, that they should stay as long as the cloud staid, as the same phrase is manifestly taken below, Num 9:23. And this, saith he, they did, though it were long in one place, which was tedious to them, who desired to change places, and to make haste to Canaan, yet they obeyed God herein against their own inclinations; which because it was remarkable in so obstinate a people, it is so largely and particularly mentioned here, as an instance of their obedience, and as an aggravation of the many following instances of their apostacy and disobedience.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so it was, when the cloud was a…
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle,.... Or "days of number", which were so few that they might be easily numbered: the Targum of Jonathan interprets them of the seven days of the week, as if the sense was, when the cloud rested a week on the tabernacle:
according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents; during these few days, be they a week, or more, or less:
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and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed; when it removed from the tabernacle.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The charge - That is, the command of God,…
The charge - That is, the command of God, that they should stay as long as the cloud stayed.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle, .…
when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle, . . . then Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not--A desert life has its attractions, and constant movements create a passionate love of change. Many incidents show that the Israelites had strongly imbibed this nomad habit and were desirous of hastening to Canaan. But still the phases of the cloud indicated the command of God: and whatsoever irksomeness they might have felt in remaining long stationary in camp, "when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, they kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not." Happy for them had they always exhibited this spirit of obedience! and happy for all if, through the wilderness of this world, we implicitly follow the leadings of God's Providence and the directions of God's Word!
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Kept the charge of the Lord.—The same expression…
(19) Kept the charge of the Lord.—The same expression is used of Aaron and his sons in Lev_8:35, and also in respect to the office of the Levites in Num_3:7, as keeping the charge of Aaron and of the congregation. It is also used of the people generally in 2Ch_23:6, in regard to the charge or “watch” of the Lord. It may imply that the people were to engage in acts of religious worship, or it may denote adherence to the Divine commands and ordinances generally, as in Eze_48:11.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Tarried long. Hebrew, "to prolong," i.e., the resting. The…
Tarried long. Hebrew, "to prolong," i.e., the resting. The Septuagint has efelkhtai hmerav pleiouv .
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:19-23 The fiery cloud, witnessed even by Israel’s enemies…
9:19-23 The fiery cloud, witnessed even by Israel’s enemies (14:14), was a clear symbol of God’s glorious presence and the means by which he directed their movement.
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