"But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up." — Exodus 40:37

Exodus 40:37 · KJV

“But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.”

— Exodus 40:37

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: {went onward: Heb. journeyed}

Verse 38

For the cloud of the LORD {was} upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Exodus 40 — Context

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: {went onward: Heb. journeyed}

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

For the cloud of the LORD {was} upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Cross References

Numbers 9:19-22

And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. {tarried...: Heb. prolonged}

Psalms 31:15

My times {are} in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.