³⁸ So the cloud^(A) of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

¹⁵ On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law,^(A) was set up,^(B) the cloud^(C) covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.^(D)

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.

⁵ Then the Lord will create^(A) over all of Mount Zion^(B) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;^(C) over everything the glory^[a](D) will be a canopy.^{(E) 6} It will be a shelter^(F) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge^(G) and hiding place from the storm^(H) and rain.