36 (A)Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would [a]go onward in all their journeys.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 40:36 journey

36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;(A)

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19 Yet in Your (A)manifold mercies
You did not forsake them in the wilderness.
The (B)pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,
To lead them on the road;
Nor the pillar of fire by night,
To show them light,
And the way they should go.

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19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(A) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(B) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

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17 Whenever the cloud (A)was [a]taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:17 lifted up

17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out;(A) wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.(B)

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21 And (A)the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

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21 By day the Lord went ahead(A) of them in a pillar of cloud(B) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left(C) its place in front of the people.

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Old Testament Examples

10 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under (A)the cloud, all passed through (B)the sea,

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Warnings From Israel’s History

10 For I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud(B) and that they all passed through the sea.(C)

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39 (A)He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.

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39 He spread out a cloud(A) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.(B)

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14 (A)In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.

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14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(A)

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17 ‘And for an unclean person they shall take some of the (A)ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and [a]running water shall be put on them in a vessel. 18 A clean person shall take (B)hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. 19 The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; (C)and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.

20 ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has (D)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 21 It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. 22 (E)Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and (F)the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:17 Lit. living

17 “For the unclean person, put some ashes(A) from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water(B) over them. 18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,(C) dip it in the water and sprinkle(D) the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave(E) or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death. 19 The man who is clean is to sprinkle(F) those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them.(G) Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes(H) and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean. 20 But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled(I) the sanctuary of the Lord.(J) The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.(K) 21 This is a lasting ordinance(L) for them.

“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. 22 Anything that an unclean(M) person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

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33 So they departed from (A)the mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord (B)went before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And (C)the cloud of the Lord was above them by day when they went out from the camp.

35 So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:

(D)“Rise up, O Lord!
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You.”

36 And when it rested, he said:

“Return, O Lord,
To the many thousands of Israel.”

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33 So they set out(A) from the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the Lord(B) went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.(C) 34 The cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.(D)

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

“Rise up,(E) Lord!
    May your enemies be scattered;(F)
    may your foes flee before you.(G)(H)

36 Whenever it came to rest, he said,

“Return,(I) Lord,
    to the countless thousands of Israel.(J)

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Departure from Sinai

11 Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud (A)was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 And the children of Israel set out from the (B)Wilderness of Sinai on (C)their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the (D)Wilderness of Paran. 13 So they started out for the first time (E)according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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The Israelites Leave Sinai

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year,(A) the cloud lifted(B) from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.(C) 12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.(D) 13 They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.(E)

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19 that is, that (A)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not [a]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then, we are (B)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:19 reckoning

19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(A) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(B) as though God were making his appeal through us.(C) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(D)

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