As they moved on each day, the cloud of the Lord hovered over them.
Parallel translations
- WEB The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
- KJV And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
- BSB And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
- NKJV And the cloud of the Lord was above them by day when they went out from the camp.
- NASB And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
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Quick answer
The cloud of God was over Israel by day as they traveled. God's protective presence accompanied every stage of the journey.
Overview
By day the cloud overshadowed the people as they moved out, a constant sign of God's nearness and care. This abiding presence assured Israel they were never alone, echoing the promise that God is with His people always, even to the end of the age.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Neh 9:12Moreover, 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.
- Neh 9:19yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
- Ps 105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
- Exod 13:21–22Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
- Num 9:15–23On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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