Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

In Context

37If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:22Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

Numbers 9:16It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

2 Samuel 7:6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up 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 →

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