Exodus 40:36

And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

In Context

35And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

37And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:21And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire.

Numbers 9:22When the cloud continues a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.

Numbers 10:33And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them a three days’ journey to provide rest for them.

Psalms 105:39And was polluted with their works; 1 And they went a-whoring with their own devices. 1

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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