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Exodus 40:36

Israel
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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.

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 up.

38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout 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

    Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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  • Numbers 9:17

    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 Israel pitched their tents.

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  • Numbers 10:11–13

    And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

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  • Exodus 13:21–22

    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:

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  • Numbers 19:17–22

    And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

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  • Psalms 78:14

    In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

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  • Numbers 10:33–36

    And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:1

    Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

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