Numbers 9:16

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Thus it was continually. The cloud covered it by day: and there was an appearance of fire during the night.

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Numbers 9:18-22; Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22; Exodus 40:38; Deuteronomy 1:33; Nehemiah 9:12; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalms 78:14; Psalms 105:39
Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 4:6; 1 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Revelation 21:3This cloud not only enlightened the Israelites, but also protected them, and was a continual pledge of God's presence and protection. To this manifestation of the Divine glory, the prophet Isaiah alludes, when he says, (Isa 4:5,) "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." God is the director, protector, and glory of his church.