Numbers 9:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.”
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“It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 9:16 — 12 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 40:38For 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.
- Numbers 9:18At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
- Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
- Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
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