Numbers 9:17

When the cloud rose from over the Tent, the Israelites would move on, and where the cloud stopped, the Israelites would set up camp there.

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In The King James Version

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 Israel pitched their tents.

In Context

16It was always like this. The cloud covered the Tabernacle during the day and at night it looked like fire.

18The Israelites moved on when the Lord told them to, and set up camp when the Lord told them to. While the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle, they remained camped there.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:1Then all the Israelites left the Desert of Sin, going from place to place as they followed the Lord's commands. They camped at Rephidim, but there wasn't any water for the people to drink.

Exodus 40:36Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.

Numbers 10:11The cloud rose up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony on the twentieth day of the second month of the second year.

Psalms 32:8“I will instruct you, teaching you the way to follow. I will advise you, watching out for you.

Psalms 80:1Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out

John 10:3The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

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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