Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
KJV
Dominus autem præcedebat eos ad ostendendam viam per diem in columna nubis, et per noctem in columna ignis : ut dux esset itineris utroque tempore.
Vulgate
ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἡγεῖτο αὐτῶν, ἡμέρας μὲν ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης δεῖξαι αὐτοῖς τὴν ὁδόν, τὴν δὲ νύκτα ἐν στύλῳ πυρός·
LXX
And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
ASV
וַֽ/יהוָ֡ה הֹלֵךְ֩ לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֨ם יוֹמָ֜ם בְּ/עַמּ֤וּד עָנָן֙ לַ/נְחֹתָ֣/ם הַ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ וְ/לַ֛יְלָה בְּ/עַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ לְ/הָאִ֣יר לָ/הֶ֑ם לָ/לֶ֖כֶת יוֹמָ֥ם וָ/לָֽיְלָה
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12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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1Cor 10:1 · echo"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;"Exodus: the cloud and the sea — baptized into Moses
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 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;
- 1Cor 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;
- Deut 1:33 — Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
- Deut 1:33 — Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
- Deut 31:8 — And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
- Exod 10:10 — And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
- Exod 14:19 — And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
- Exod 14:19 — And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
- Exod 14:24 — And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
- Exod 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
- Exod 33:9 — And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
- Exod 33:14 — And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Exod 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Exod 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Exod 40:36 — And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
- Exod 40:38 — For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
- Hab 3:4 — And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
- Isa 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defen
- Isa 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defen
- Isa 52:12 — For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
- Josh 3:3 — And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
- Neh 9:12 — Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
- Neh 9:12 — Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
- Neh 9:19 — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew the
- Neh 9:19 — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew the
- Num 9:15 — And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until
- Num 9:15 — And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until
- Num 10:34 — And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
- Num 10:34 — And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
- Num 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t
- Num 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t
- Ps 68:7 — O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
- Ps 77:20 — Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Ps 78:14 — In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
- Ps 78:14 — In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
- Ps 99:7 — He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
- Ps 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- Ps 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- Ps 121:5 — The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.