Deuteronomy 1:33

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³¹ And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

³² Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

³⁴ And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

³⁵ Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
KJV: Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
WEB: who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.
ASV: who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
DARBY: who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
BLB: who went before you⁺ on the way to search out for you⁺ a place to pitch your⁺ tents in the fire by night, and to show you⁺ the way in which you⁺ should go in the cloud by day.

ÅB: han som gikk foran dere på veien for å søke ut leirplass for dere, om natten i en ild, så dere kunne se den vei dere skulle gå, og om dagen i en sky.
OTB: som gikk foran dere på reisen, for å finne steder for dere å slå leir, i ild om natten og i en sky om dagen, for å vise dere veien dere skulle gå.
B1930: han som gikk foran eder på veien for å søke ut leirplass for eder, om natten i en ild, så I kunde se den vei I skulde gå, og om dagen i en sky.

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Cross references

Numbers 10:33
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.
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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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Ezekiel 20:6
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
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Numbers 9:15–22
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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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.
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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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Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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Numbers 10:11–12
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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