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Nehemiah 9:12

Guidance and decisionsGod's presenceProtection and safety

10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

11 You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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.

13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
ASV
Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
DARBY
And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
BLB
And by a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to give light for them, on the way that they should walk in it.
ÅB
Du ledet dem i en skystøtte om dagen og i en ildstøtte om natten for å Iyse for dem på den vei de skulle gå.
OTB
Med en skystøtte ledet du dem om dagen, og med en ildstøtte om natten for å lyse for dem veien de skulle gå.
B1930
Du ledet dem i en skystøtte om dagen og i en ildstøtte om natten for å Iyse for dem på den vei de skulde gå.

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Cross references

  • 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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  • 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 107:7

    He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

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  • Psalms 78:14

    He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

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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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  • Psalms 143:8

    Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

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  • Exodus 14:19–20

    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

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