Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of 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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.
Cross References
Exodus 13:22The pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night departed not from before the people.
Numbers 9:16So it was always: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
2 Samuel 7:6For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:35-38
The Tabernacle Filled with Glory. ( b. c. 1491.) 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken… Read the whole commentary →