16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day[a] and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud (A)lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped. 18 At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord they camped. (B)As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks by day

16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.(A) 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out;(B) wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.(C) 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(D) in camp.

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