Numbers 9:18

Easy To Read Version

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.

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.