With the tall cloud, you led them by day.\par And at night you used the column of fire.\par That is the way you lit their path,\par and showed them where to go.\par
Deuteronomy 1:33 - Easy To Read Version When you were traveling, he went before you to find a place for you to put your camp. He went before you in a fire by night and in a cloud by day to show you which way you should go. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who went in the way before you to search out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day. American Standard Version (1901) who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. Common English Bible even though he went ahead of you, scouting places where you should camp, in fire by night, so you could see the road you were taking, and in cloud during the daytime. Catholic Public Domain Version who went before you on the way, and who marked out the place where you should pitch your tents, showing you the way by fire in the night, and by a pillar of cloud in the day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who went before you in the way, and marked out the place, wherein you should pitch your tents: in the night shewing you the way by fire, and in the day by the pillar of a cloud. |
With the tall cloud, you led them by day.\par And at night you used the column of fire.\par That is the way you lit their path,\par and showed them where to go.\par
God spread out his cloud like a blanket.\par God used his column of fire\par to give his people light at night.\par
Each day God led them with the tall cloud.\par And each night God led them with\par the light from the column of fire.\par
Early that morning, the Lord looked down from the tall cloud and column of fire at the Egyptian army. Then the Lord attacked and defeated them all.
The Lord says:\par “The people who escaped the enemy’s sword\par will find comfort in the desert.\par Israel will go there looking for rest.”\par
On that day, I promised to take you out of Egypt and lead you to the land I was giving to you. That was a good land filled with many good things. {\cf2\super [141]} It was the most beautiful of all countries!
The Lord says,\par ‘I will be a wall of fire around her,\par protecting her.\par And to bring glory to that city,\par I will live there.’”\par
{So Hobab agreed,} and they began traveling from the mountain of the Lord. The priests took the Box of the Lord’s Agreement [155] and walked in front of the people. They carried the Holy Box for three days, looking for a place to camp.
And the people of Egypt told the people in Canaan about it. They already know you are the Lord. They know that you are with your people. They know that the people saw you. Those people know about the special cloud. They know you use the cloud to lead your people during the day. And they know the cloud becomes a fire to lead your people at night.