If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up.
Numbers 9:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, the Israelites kept the Lord's charge and did not set out. American Standard Version (1901) And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. Common English Bible When the cloud lingered on the meeting tent for many days, the Israelites would observe the LORD’s direction and they wouldn’t march. Catholic Public Domain Version And if it happened that it remained for a long time over it, the sons of Israel kept the night watches of the Lord, and they did not advance, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if it was so that it continued over it a long time: the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not, |
If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up.
You must remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I was commanded.’
‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.
Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command.