Exodus 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.
KJV
For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
ASV
כִּי֩ עֲנַ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה עַֽל הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְ/אֵ֕שׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַ֖יְלָה בּ֑/וֹ לְ/עֵינֵ֥י כָל בֵּֽית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּ/כָל מַסְעֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
for the cloud of Jehovah is on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.
YLT
For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§697Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai,43 at the tent of meeting,44 and during the wandering in the desert,45 and with Solomon at the dedicat…
Cross-references
- Exod 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:
- 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
- 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 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 78:14 — In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
- Ps 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.