Exodus 13:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ And the LORD 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:

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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 thou leddest them in a pillar of cloud by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Nehemiah 9:19

yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering; And fire to give light in the night.

Psalm 68:7

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah

Psalm 77:20

Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78:14

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

Psalm 99:7

He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

Exodus 10:10

And he said unto them, So be the LORD with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

Exodus 16:10

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

Exodus 32:1

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

Numbers 10:34

And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

Numbers 14:14

and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: they have heard that thou LORD art in the midst of this people; for thou LORD art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

Deuteronomy 31:8

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.