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Exodus 14:20

so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

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ASV

and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

KJV

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֞אvai.ya.Vo'and it wentH935 →
בֵּ֣ין׀beinbetweenH996 →
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264 →
מִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
וּבֵין֙u.Veinand betweenH996 →
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
הֶֽעָנָן֙he.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051 →
וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְve.ha.Cho.shekhand the darknessH2822 →
וַיָּ֖אֶרvai.Ya.'erand it lit upH215 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
קָרַ֥בka.Ravit drew nearH7126 →
זֶ֛הzehthisH2088 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915 →

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Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Habakkuk 3:4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.2 Corinthians 2:15–16For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.Isaiah 8:14And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.Joshua 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.Proverbs 4:18–19The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.Ezekiel 30:3For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.Exodus 10:23No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.Psalms 18:11He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”Psalms 139:12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

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