Numbers 9:23

They would camp at Yahweh's command, and they would travel at his command. They obeyed Yahweh's command given through Moses.

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In The King James Version

At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

In Context

22Whether the cloud stayed on the tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, for as long as it stayed there, the people of Israel would stay in their camp and not travel. But whenever the cloud was taken up, they would set out on their journey.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:5I will do this because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my instructions, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Numbers 9:19When the cloud remained on the tabernacle for many days, then the people of Israel would obey Yahweh's instructions and not travel.

Joshua 22:3You have not deserted your brothers these many days, down to this present day, and you have fulfilled the duties required by the commandments of Yahweh your God.

Zechariah 3:7“Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my commandments, 1 then you will govern my house and guard my courts, 1 for I will allow you to go and come among these who stand before me. 1

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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