Numbers 9:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ This was the way the Lord showed the people of Israel when to move and when to stop and set up camp. While the cloud stayed over the Holy Tent, the people continued to camp in that same place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ At the Lord's command the Israelites journeyed, and at [His] command they encamped. As long as the cloud rested upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ At the LORD’s command, the Israelites would march, and at the LORD’s command they would camp. As long as the cloud settled on the dwelling, they would camp.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Upon the order of the Lord they advanced, and upon his order they fixed the tabernacle. All the days during which the cloud was standing over the tabernacle, they remained in the same place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ At the commandment of the Lord they marched, and at his commandment they pitched the tabernacle. All the days that the cloud abode over the tabernacle, they remained in the same place.

Numbers 9:18 Cross References

Exodus 17:1

All the people of Israel traveled together from the desert of Sin. They traveled from place to place as the Lord commanded. The people traveled to Rephidim and camped there. There was no water there for the people to drink.

Numbers 10:13

This was the first time the people moved their camp. They moved it the way the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 9:16

The cloud stayed over the Holy Tent all the time. And at night the cloud looked like fire.

Numbers 9:19

Sometimes the cloud would stay over the Holy Tent for a long time. The Israelites obeyed the Lord and did not move.

Numbers 9:20

Sometimes the cloud was over the Holy Tent for only a few days. So the people obeyed the Lord’s command—they followed the cloud when it moved.

1 Corinthians 10:1

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know what happened to our ancestors {\cf2\super [62]} \{that followed Moses {\cf2\super [63]} \}. They were all under the cloud, and they all walked through the sea.