Exodus 13:21

Now, Yahweh, was going before them—by day, in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way, and by night, in a pillar of fire to give them light,—that they might journey day and night:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

In Context

20And they brake up from Succoth,—and encamped in Etham, at the edge of the desert.

22the pillar of cloud by day ceased not, nor the pillar of fire by night,—from before the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:19And the messenger of God who was going on before the camp of Israel removed, and came on behind them,—and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them;

Exodus 33:9And it came to pass that when Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and stood at the opening of the tent,—and spake with Moses.

Exodus 40:38For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation by day, and, a fire, came to be by night therein,—in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeyings.

Numbers 9:16Thus, came it to pass continually, the cloud, covered it,—and an appearance of fire, by night;

Numbers 14:14And will tell it unto the inhabitants of this land: They have heard, That, thou, Yahweh, art in the midst of this people,—That eye to eye, is he seen—thou, Yahweh, And thy cloud, is standing over them, And in a pillar of cloud, thou thyself, art going on before them by day, And in a pillar of fire, by night.

Nehemiah 9:12And, in a pillar of cloud, didst thou lead them, by day,—and in a pillar of fire, by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 13:18-22

The Pillar of Fire and Fire. ( b. c. 1491.) 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly… Read the whole commentary →

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