KJV King James Version
And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
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Numbers 10:11
And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass—in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month—the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony,
Surrounding context — Numbers 10
8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.
11 And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
14 In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֞יH1961 · ha.yahto beבַּשָּׁנָ֧הH8141 · sha.nehyearהַשֵּׁנִ֛יתH8145 · she.nisecondבַּחֹ֥דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשֵּׁנִ֖יH8145 · she.nisecondבְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyבַּחֹ֑דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthנַעֲלָה֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהֶֽעָנָ֔ןH6051 · a.nancloudמֵעַ֖לH5921 · aluponמִשְׁכַּ֥ןH4908 · mish.kantabernacleהָעֵדֻֽת׃H5715 · e.duttestimony
Cross-references
Numbers 9:11The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].Numbers 1:1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,Numbers 9:17-23And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.Numbers 9:1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,Numbers 9:5And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.Exodus 40:17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.Exodus 40:2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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