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Numbers 10:34

God's presenceProtection and safety

32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

33 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.

And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

36 And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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BSB
And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
KJV
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
WEB
The cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
ASV
And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
DARBY
And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set forward out of the camp.
BLB
And the cloud of YHWH [was] above them by day, when they set out from the camp.
ÅB
Herrens sky var over dem om dagen når de brøt opp fra leiren.
OTB
Herrens sky var over dem om dagen da de brøt opp fra leiren.
B1930
Herrens sky var over dem om dagen når de brøt op fra leiren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 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.

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  • 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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  • Psalms 105:39

    He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

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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 9:15–23

    On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

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