Numbers 9:16
And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night.
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In The King James Version
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 13:21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:
Numbers 9:18At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.
Nehemiah 9:12And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.
Psalms 78:14In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.
Isaiah 4:5And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;
2 Corinthians 5:19That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 9:16-23
The Pillar of Cloud and Fire. ( b. c. 1490.) 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of… Read the whole commentary →