36 Now when the cloud ascended up from the Tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward in all their journeys.

37 But if the cloud ascended not, then they journeyed not till the day that it ascended.

38 For [a]the cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 40:38 Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised.

36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;(A) 37 but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. 38 So the cloud(B) of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

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