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Exodus 13:21

And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיהוָ֡הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068 →
הֹלֵךְ֩ho.leKh[was] goingH1980 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֨םlif.nei.Hem<to> before themH6440 →
יוֹמָ֜םyo.Mamby dayH3119 →
בְּעַמּ֤וּדbe.'a.Mudin a pillar ofH5982 →
עָנָן֙'a.NancloudH6051 →
לַנְחֹתָ֣םlan.cho.Tamto guide themH5148 →
הַדֶּ֔רֶךְha.De.rekhthe journeyH1870 →
וְלַ֛יְלָהve.Lay.lahand nightH3915 →
בְּעַמּ֥וּדbe.'a.Mudin a pillar ofH5982 →
אֵ֖שׁ'eshfireH784 →
לְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'Irto give lightH215 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
לָלֶ֖כֶתla.Le.khetto goH1980 →
יוֹמָ֥םyo.Mamby dayH3119 →
וָלָֽיְלָה׃va.La.ye.lahand nightH3915 →

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1 Corinthians 10:1–2I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.Exodus 33:14And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”Psalms 99:7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.Exodus 33:9–10As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.Psalms 68:7O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, SelahNumbers 9:15–23On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.Numbers 10:34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.Exodus 40:34–38Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Exodus 40:38For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.Psalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.Numbers 9:15On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

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