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Numbers 9:15-22 The Israelites Receive Instructions for Celebrating Passover

15 The Cloud Above the Tabernacle
On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.

16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.

17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.

18 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.

19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order and did not set out.

20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out.

21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.

22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.

Cross References for Numbers 9:15-22

Exodus 13:21 - By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night... Click to read the verse Exodus 13:21 Click to read the verse Exodus 13:21

Numbers 14:14 - And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O L... Click to read the verse Numbers 14:14 Click to read the verse Numbers 14:14

Psalms 105:39 - He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. Click to read the verse Psalms 105:39 Click to read the verse Psalms 105:39

Psalms 78:14 - He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night. Click to read the verse Psalms 78:14 Click to read the verse Psalms 78:14

Exodus 33:9-10 - As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, whil... Click to read the verse Exodus 33:9-10 Click to read the verse Exodus 33:9-10

Nehemiah 9:12 - By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them lig... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:12 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:12

Nehemiah 9:19 - “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:19 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:19

Exodus 14:24 - During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at th... Click to read the verse Exodus 14:24 Click to read the verse Exodus 14:24

1 Corinthians 10:1 - Warnings From Israel’s History For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:1 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:1

Exodus 14:19-20 - Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behi... Click to read the verse Exodus 14:19-20 Click to read the verse Exodus 14:19-20

Exodus 40:34 - The Glory of the Lord Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord fil... Click to read the verse Exodus 40:34 Click to read the verse Exodus 40:34

1 Kings 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb,... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:9 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:9

Exodus 38:21 - The Materials Used These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernac... Click to read the verse Exodus 38:21 Click to read the verse Exodus 38:21

Acts 7:44 - “Our forefathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the desert. It had been made ... Click to read the verse Acts 7:44 Click to read the verse Acts 7:44

Exodus 26:36 - “For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twiste... Click to read the verse Exodus 26:36 Click to read the verse Exodus 26:36

Exodus 40:2 - “Set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month. Click to read the verse Exodus 40:2 Click to read the verse Exodus 40:2

Isaiah 4:5 - Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of s... Click to read the verse Isaiah 4:5 Click to read the verse Isaiah 4:5

Exodus 40:17-18 - So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year. Click to read the verse Exodus 40:17-18 Click to read the verse Exodus 40:17-18

Exodus 40:38 - So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in... Click to read the verse Exodus 40:38 Click to read the verse Exodus 40:38

Ezekiel 10:3-4 - Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a clou... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 10:3-4 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 10:3-4