Exodus 40:37

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

38For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.

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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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