Numbers 9:17

Translations

Modern

Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

Traditional

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

Literal

And Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the sons of Israel would journey. And in the place where the cloud settled, there the sons of Israel would encamp.

Latin

Cumque ablata fuisset nubes, quæ tabernaculum protegebat, tunc proficiscebantur filii Israël: et in loco ubi stetisset nubes, ibi castrametabantur.

Original

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English

Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

Notes

Numbers 9:15–23

This passage is similar to Exodus 40:17, 34–38. It gives more details about how God used the pillar of cloud and fire to lead his people (see also Exodus 13:21–22). The Lord was faithful and clearly guided his people in the wilderness.

Theme notes and profiles

The Cloud and Fire

Related verses

Exodus 40:36–38
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
Numbers 10:33–34
So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
John 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Exodus 33:14–15
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Psalm 73:24
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
John 10:3–5
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Numbers 10:11–12
On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Isaiah 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
Psalm 80:1–2
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

Parallels

Exodus 40:34–38

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of Pillar of Fire and Cloud

Topics

Cloud of Glory was Designed to Regulate the Movements of Israel Cloud: Pillar of Fire: Pillar of Fire God: Preserver in the Wilderness The High Priest: Duties of Consecrating the Levites The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: Consisted in His: Directing the Movements of the Nation

Numbers 9:17

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