Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
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Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
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And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
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And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, days of number.
Hebrew, days of number.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so it was when the cloud abode from…
And so it was when the cloud abode from even unto the morning,.... The whole night, during which time they rested in their beds:
and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed;
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whether it was by day or night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; whether at morning or midnight; for sometimes, as Aben Ezra observes, they travelled in the night; whensoever their sentinels gave notice that the cloud was taken up, even though at midnight, they arose and prepared for their journey; and by this it is evident, that the appearance by day and night was the same body called the cloud, though beheld in a different view, in the daytime as a cloud, in the nighttime as fire.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain For, &c. Hebrew, "and so it was when the…
For, &c. Hebrew, "and so it was when the cloud was days of number upon the tabernacle; by the mouth of the Lord they staid in their tents," &c. Days of number, yamim mispar, most probably means a few days; (see Deuteronomy iv. 27,) though Louis de Dieu would translate "a full year;" as yamim, according to him, signifies, ver. 22. It is understood, however, by others, to denote a week, a month, a year, or an indeterminate number of days, Genesis xxiv. 55.
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).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) And so it was . . . —Better,…
(20) And so it was . . . —Better, And sometimes, &c., i.e., there were times or occasions in which, &c. So in Num_9:21.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And so it was. Rather, "did it happen that."…
And so it was. Rather, "did it happen that." rva vyew hypothetical clause introducing several other cases which actually occurred, and by which their perfect obedience was proved.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 on the tabernacle
on the tabernacle
"over the tabernacle"
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make camp
Here the word "make" means to "set up." AT: "set up their camp" (See: Idiom)
from evening until morning
This means that the cloud only stayed over the tabernacle for one night. You make make clear the full meaning of this statement. AT: "only from evening until morning" or "over the tabernacle for only one night" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
If it continued
The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. "If the cloud stayed over the tabernacle" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
only when the cloud lifted would they journey on
"then after the cloud moved they would travel"
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obey
command
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