Exodus 40:37
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:
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
- KJV
- But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
- WEB
- but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
- ASV
- but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
- DARBY
- And if the cloud were not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.
- BLB
- and if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up.
- ÅB
- Men når skyen ikke løftet seg, brøt de ikke opp, men ventet til den dag den løftet seg igjen.
- OTB
- Men hvis skyen ikke løftet seg, satte de ikke ut før den dagen den løftet seg.
- B1930
- Men når skyen ikke løftet sig, brøt de ikke op, men ventet til den dag den atter løftet sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 9:19–22
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Read in contextPsalms 31:15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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