Numbers 9 · Verse 18

Numbers 9:18

At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:18, King James Version

Numbers 9:18 in other translations

BSBAt the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
WEBAt the commandment of the LORD, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of the LORD they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.
ASVAt the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.
YLTby the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey, and by the command of Jehovah they encamp; all the days that the cloud doth tabernacle over the tabernacle they encamp.
DARBYAccording to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped.
BBEAt the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.
WebsterAt the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

What does Numbers 9:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 9:15-23

This cloud was appointed to be the visible sign and symbol of God's presence with Israel. Thus we are taught to see God always near us, both night and day. As long as the cloud rested on the tabernacle, so long they continued in the same place. There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. When the cloud was taken up, they removed, however comfortably they were encamped. We are kept at uncertainty…

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Numbers 9:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-onH5921
פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יִסְעוּ֙yis.'Uthey set outH5265
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
פִּ֥יpi[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יַחֲנ֑וּya.cha.Nuthey encampedH2583
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֗יye.Mei[the] daysH3117
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher<of> whichH834
יִשְׁכֹּ֧ןyish.Konit settled downH7931
הֶעָנָ֛ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
עַל\־'al-overH5921
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908
יַחֲנֽוּ\׃ya.cha.Nuthey encampedH2583

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 9:18

  • 1 Corinthians 10:1

    Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

  • 2 John 1:6

    And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

  • Exodus 17:1

    And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Numbers 9:20

    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.

  • Numbers 10:13

    And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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20; 10:13; Ex 17:1; 2Jo 1:6
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1Co 10:1There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him when we are called to it.

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Context

  • Numbers 9:17

    And 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 9:18

    At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

  • 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.

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Numbers 9:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Al mandato de Jehová los hijos de Israel se partían: y al mandato de Jehová asentaban el campo: todos los días que la nube estaba sobre el tabernáculo, ellos estaban quedos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Au commandement de l’ Éternel, les fils d’Israël partaient, et au commandement de l’ Éternel, ils campaient; pendant tous les jours que la nuée demeurait sur le tabernacle, ils campaient.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nach dem Befehl Jehovas brachen die Kinder Israel auf, und nach dem Befehl Jehovas lagerten sie sich; alle die Tage, da die Wolke auf der Wohnung ruhte, lagerten sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ad imperium Domini proficiscebantur, et ad imperium illius figebant tabernaculum. Cunctis diebus quibus stabat nubes super tabernaculum, manebant in eodem loco: