Exodus 40:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for the cloud of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> 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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 40:38 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Exodus 13:22Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
- Numbers 9:15On 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.
- Numbers 9:16It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.
- Numbers 10:34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
- 2 Samuel 7:6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
- Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- Isaiah 4:5Then 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,
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