Exodus 40:37

If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.

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In The King James Version

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

In Context

36Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.

38The cloud of the Lord stayed over the Tabernacle by day, and fire burned inside the cloud by night, so that it could be seen by every Israelite wherever they traveled.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:15My whole life is in your hands! Save me from those who hate me and persecute me!

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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