Exodus 40:38
For the Anan Hashem was upon the Mishkan by day, and Eish was on it by night, in the sight of all the Bais Yisroel, throughout all their journeys. + 40:38 The Theme of gracious, unmerited Deliverance and Salvation for an Am Kesheh Oref (Obstinate Stiffnecked People) has been presented in the Second Book of Moses.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
37But if the Anan were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Cross References
Exodus 13:22He took not away the ammud heanan by day, nor the ammud haeish by night, from before HaAm.
Numbers 9:16So it was tamid: the Anan covered it by day, and the appearance of eish by lailah.
2 Samuel 7:6Whereas I have not dwelt in any Bais since the time that I brought up the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, even to this day, but have walked in an Ohel and in a Mishkan.
Psalms 105:39He spread an anan for a curtain; 1 and eish to give light in the lailah. 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 →