Exodus 40:38
The 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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37If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
Cross References
Exodus 13:22The pillar of cloud during the day and the pillar of fire at night were always in front of the people.
Numbers 9:16It was always like this. The cloud covered the Tabernacle during the day and at night it looked like fire.
2 Samuel 7:6For I have never lived in a house, from the time I led the Israelites out of Egypt up till now. I have always moved from place to place, living in a tent and a Tabernacle.
Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
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 →