Exodus 40:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel at each stage of their journey.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ For throughout all their journeys 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Common English Bible

³⁸ The LORD’s cloud stayed over the dwelling during the day, with lightning in it at night, clearly visible to the whole household of Israel at every stage of their journey.

Exodus 40:38 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:6

I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle.

Psalm 105:39

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

Psalm 78:14

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

Exodus 13:21

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.

Exodus 13:22

Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

Numbers 10:34

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

Numbers 9:12

They shall leave none of it until morning nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.

Numbers 9:15

On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant, and from evening until morning it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire.

Numbers 9:16

It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.