Exodus 40:37

but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;

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.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:15In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!

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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