Numbers 9:22

Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

In Context

21And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

23At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

Numbers 1:54Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they.

Numbers 9:17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.

Deuteronomy 1:6Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

Psalms 73:24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

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 →

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