Numbers 10:34
32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
33 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.
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
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
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 9:12
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Read in contextNehemiah 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.
Read in contextPsalms 105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
Read in contextExodus 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:
Read in contextNumbers 9:15–23
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
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