Numbers 9:19

New International Reader's Version

Sometimes the cloud remained above the tent for a long time. Then the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order. They didn’t start out.

Cross References

Exodus 40:37

But if the cloud didn’t lift, they did not start out. They stayed until the day it lifted.

Leviticus 8:35

Stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days. Stay here day and night. Do what the Lord requires. Then you won’t die. That’s the command the Lord gave me.”

Zechariah 3:7

“The Lord who rules over all says, ‘You must obey me. You must do what I have commanded. Then you will rule in my temple. You will be in charge of my courtyards. And I will give you a place among these who are standing here.

Numbers 3:8

They must take care of everything connected with the tent of meeting. When they do, they are acting for all the Israelites.

Numbers 9:18

When the Lord gave the command, the Israelites started out. And when he gave the command, they camped. As long as the cloud stayed above the holy tent, they remained in camp.

Numbers 9:20

Sometimes the cloud was above the tent for only a few days. When the Lord would give the command, they would camp. And when he would give the command, they would start out.