Numbers 9:17 · KJV
“And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.”
— Numbers 9:17
So it was alway: the cloud covered it {by day}, and the appearance of fire by night.
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9 — Context
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, {namely}, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
16So it was alway: the cloud covered it {by day}, and the appearance of fire by night.
17And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19And 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}
Cross References
Exodus 40:36-38
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}
Numbers 10:33-34
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
Exodus 33:14-15
And he said, My presence shall go {with thee}, and I will give thee rest.
Psalms 73:24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.
Numbers 10:11-12
And it came to pass on the twentieth {day} of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
John 10:3-5
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
John 10:9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.