KJV King James Version
Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 9:22
Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
WEB World English Bible
Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn’t travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.
ASV American Standard Version
Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey;
Surrounding context — Numbers 9
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
20 And [so] it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
21 And [so] it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and [that] the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether [it was] by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22 Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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אֽוֹ־H176 · oorיֹמַ֜יִםH3117 · yomdayאוֹ־H176 · oorחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthאוֹ־H176 · oorיָמִ֗יםH3117 · yomdayבְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְH748 · a.rakhto prolongהֶעָנָ֤ןH6051 · a.nancloudעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמִּשְׁכָּן֙H4908 · mish.kantabernacleלִשְׁכֹּ֣ןH7931 · sha.khanto dwellעָלָ֔יוH5921 · aluponיַחֲנ֥וּH2583 · cha.nahto campבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיִסָּ֑עוּH5265 · na.sato set outוּבְהֵעָלֹת֖וֹH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseיִסָּֽעוּ׃H5265 · na.sato set out
Cross-references
Psalm 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.Exodus 40:36-37And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:Numbers 8:20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.Deuteronomy 1:6-7The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Psalm 48:14For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.Numbers 23:21-22He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.Deuteronomy 2:3-4Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.Exodus 39:42According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.Acts 1:4And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.Psalm 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.Numbers 1:54And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.Psalm 77:20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.Exodus 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.Psalm 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.Psalm 107:7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.Numbers 9:17And 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.
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