Numbers 9:21

New American Bible - revised edition

If it happened the cloud remained there only from evening until morning, when the cloud rose in the morning, they would break camp. Whether the cloud lifted during the day or the night they would then break camp.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:12

With a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night with a column of fire, To light the way of their journey, the way in which they must travel.

Nehemiah 9:19

Yet in your great mercy you did not forsake them in the desert. By day the column of cloud did not cease to lead them on their journey, by night the column of fire did not cease to light the way they were to travel.

Numbers 9:20

Yet if it happened the cloud was over the tabernacle only for a few days, at the direction of the Lord they stayed in camp; and at the Lord’s direction they broke camp.

Numbers 9:22

Whether the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for two days or for a month or longer, the Israelites remained in camp and did not break camp; but when it lifted, they broke camp.