Psalms 78:14

In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

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In The King James Version

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

In Context

13The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

15The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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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:

Exodus 40:35So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 11:5And what he did for you in the waste land, till you came to this place;

Nehemiah 9:19Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →

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