Exodus 40:38 “For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was…”

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the cloude of the Lord was vpon the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their iourneyes.

Darby Translation

For the cloud of Jehovah was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Young's Literal Translation

for the cloud of Jehovah [is] on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.

Bible in Basic English

For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

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Cross references

“the cloud”

Exodus 13:21 Numbers 9:15

Exodus 13:21 · BSB

And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

Numbers 9:15 · BSB

On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

“fire”

Psalm 78:14 Psalm 105:39 Isaiah 4:5 Isaiah 4:6

Psalm 78:14 · BSB

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

Psalm 105:39 · BSB

He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

Isaiah 4:5 · BSB

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

Isaiah 4:6 · BSB

a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

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