Exodus 40:37

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel were wont to go onward in all their journeyings.

38For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and a fire was by night on it, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeyings.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:15(31:16) In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.

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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