Exodus 40:36

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“Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.”

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BSBPD

“Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 40:36 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 13:21And 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.
  2. Numbers 9:17Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
  3. Numbers 9:22Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
  4. Numbers 10:11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
  5. Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
  6. Numbers 19:17For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
  7. Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  8. Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
  9. Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
  10. 1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
  11. 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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