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Deuteronomy 31:15

13 Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

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BSB
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
KJV
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
WEB
The LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door.
ASV
And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
DARBY
And Jehovah appeared at the tent in the pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
BLB
And YHWH appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tent.
ÅB
Da åpenbarte Herren seg ved teltet i en skystøtte, og skystøtten sto ved inngangen til teltet.
OTB
Herren viste seg i teltet i en skyens søyle, og skyen sto ved inngangen til teltet.
B1930
Da åpenbarte Herren sig ved teltet i en skystøtte, og skystøtten stod ved inngangen til teltet.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 99:7

    He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

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  • Exodus 33:9–10

    As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

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  • Exodus 40:38

    For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

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