Numbers 9:15-22 That day the tent of the words of God’s Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ That day the tent of the words of God’s Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning. ¹⁶ The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke that covered the tent glowed like fire. ¹⁷ When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp. ¹⁸ The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah’s command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent. ¹⁹ When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah’s command and did not break camp. ²⁰ The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah’s command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp. ²¹ Sometimes the column of smoke stayed only from evening until morning. They broke camp when the smoke moved in the morning. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp. ²² Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the column of smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites stayed in the same place. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp and move.