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 9:20 in other translations
| BSB | Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command. |
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| WEB | Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of the LORD they traveled. |
| ASV | And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. |
| YLT | and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. |
| DARBY | And if it were so that the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle, according to the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. |
| BBE | Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Numbers 9:20 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…
Numbers 9:20 in the original Hebrew
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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.
- 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 9:21
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.
Numbers 9:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando sucedía que la nube estaba sobre el tabernáculo pocos días, al dicho de Jehová alojaban, y al dicho de Jehová partían. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et s’il arrivait que la nuée soit sur le tabernacle peu de jours, ils campaient au commandement de l’ Éternel, et au commandement de l’ Éternel ils partaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und geschah es, daß die Wolke wenige Tage auf der Wohnung war, nach dem Befehl Jehovas lagerten sie sich-und nach dem Befehl Jehovas brachen sie auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quot diebus fuisset nubes super tabernaculum. Ad imperium Domini erigebant tentoria, et ad imperium illius deponebant. |