Exodus 13:21
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
20 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
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- BSB
- And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
- ASV
- And Jehovah went 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 go by day and by night:
- DARBY
- And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them [in] the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they could go day and night.
- BLB
- And YHWH went before their faces by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give light to them, to go by day and by night.
- ÅB
- Og Herren gikk foran dem, om dagen i en skystøtte for å lede dem på veien og om natten i en ildstøtte for å lyse for dem, så de kunne dra fram både dag og natt.
- OTB
- Om dagen gikk Herren foran dem i en skystøtte for å lede dem, og om natten i en ildstøtte for å gi lys, slik at de kunne reise både dag og natt.
- B1930
- Og Herren gikk foran dem, om dagen i en skystøtte for å lede dem på veien og om natten i en ildstøtte for å lyse for dem, så de kunde dra frem både dag og natt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 10:1–2
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:12
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:33
who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
Read in contextPsalms 99:7
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:19
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
Read in contextPsalms 105:39
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
Read in contextNumbers 14:14
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Read in contextExodus 33:9–10
As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
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