Numbers 9:18

God's Word

At the Lord’s command the Israelites would break camp, and at his command they would set up camp. As long as the ⌞column of⌟ smoke stayed over the tent, they would stay in the same place.

Cross References

Exodus 17:1

The whole community of Israelites left the desert of Sin and traveled from place to place as the Lord commanded them. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 10:13

This was the first time they moved, following the command that the Lord had given through Moses.

Numbers 9:16

The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke covering the tent glowed like fire.

Numbers 9:19

When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s command and wouldn’t break camp.

Numbers 9:20

The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At the Lord’s command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp.

1 Corinthians 10:1

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors ⌞who left Egypt⌟ were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea.

2 John 1:6

Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning.