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Exodus 40:36

Israel
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34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.

37 If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

38 For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

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BSB
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
WEB
When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
ASV
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:
DARBY
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.
BLB
And whenever the cloud was taken up from on the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out in all their journeys;
ÅB
Og når skyen løftet seg fra tabernaklet, brøt Israels barn opp; så gjorde de på alle sine tog.
OTB
Gjennom alle deres reiser, når skyen løftet seg fra over tabernaklet, satte israelittene ut.
B1930
Og når skyen løftet sig fra tabernaklet, brøt Israels barn op; så gjorde de på alle sine tog.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 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.

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  • Numbers 9:17

    Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

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  • Numbers 10:11–13

    On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

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  • Exodus 13:21–22

    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.

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  • Numbers 19:17–22

    For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

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  • Psalms 78:14

    He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

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  • Numbers 10:33–36

    So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:1

    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.

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