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Psalms 105:39

37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

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

40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

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BSB
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
KJV
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
WEB
He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
ASV
He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
DARBY
He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
BLB
He spread a cloud for a screen, and fire to light up the night.
ÅB
Han bredte ut en sky til dekke og ild til å lyse om natten.
OTB
Han spredte en sky som et dekke,
Og ild til å lyse opp natten.
B1930
Han bredte ut en sky til dekke og ild til å lyse om natten.

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  • 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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  • Isaiah 4:5

    Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Exodus 14:24

    At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

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  • Numbers 9:15–22

    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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  • 1 Corinthians 10:1–2

    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

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