Exodus 13:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:

Common English Bible

²¹ The LORD went in front of them during the day in a column of cloud to guide them and at night in a column of lightning to give them light. This way they could travel during the day and at night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Now the Lord preceded them to show them the way, by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, so that he might be the leader of their journey at both times.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the Lord went before them to shew the way by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire: that he might be the guide of their journey at both times.

Exodus 13:21 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:12

Moreover, you led them by day with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way in which they should go.

Nehemiah 9:19

you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud that led them in the way did not leave them by day nor the pillar of fire by night that gave them light on the way by which they should go.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light by night.

Psalm 68:7

O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

Psalm 77:20

You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78:14

In the daytime he led them with a cloud and all night long with a fiery light.

Psalm 99:7

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees and the statutes that he gave them.

Exodus 10:10

He said to them, “The Lord indeed will be with you, if ever I let your little ones go with you! Plainly, you have some evil purpose in mind.

Exodus 16:10

And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

Exodus 32:1

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

Numbers 10:34

the cloud of the Lord being over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Numbers 14:14

and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people, for you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go in front of them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who goes before you on the way to seek out a place for you to camp, in fire by night, and in the cloud by day, to show you the route you should take.’

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”