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

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

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.

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)

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.”

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,

³⁶ Whenever it came to rest, he said,