Numbers 9:20
in Numbers 9Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.
KJV
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.
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This verse in Numbers 9
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle,.... Or "days of number", which were so few that they might be easily numbered: the Targum of Jonathan interprets them of the seven days of the week, as if the sense was, when the cloud rested a week on the tabernacle: according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents; during these few days, be they a week, or more, or less: and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed; when it removed from the tabernacle.
This site's exposition
remained over the tabernacle for only a few days
on Numbers 9:20-21
The halts shorten here to a few days, and verse 21 gives the shortest, the cloud remaining “only from evening until morning”. Adam Clarke observes that marching after dark was seldom attempted there, so the camp order and the Levite loads answered a signal at any hour.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיֵ֞שׁ | veyesh | and there | H3426 → | 140 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [was] when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִהְיֶ֧ה | yihyeh | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הֶֽעָנָ֛ן | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | 87 times |
| יָמִ֥ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מִסְפָּ֖ר | mispar | number | H4557 → | 134 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֤י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יַחֲנ֔וּ | yachanu | they encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יִסָּֽעוּ׃ | yisau | they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
וְיֵ֞שׁand there
veyeshH3426 →140 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[was] when
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִהְיֶ֧הit was
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
הֶֽעָנָ֛ןthe cloud
heananH6051 →87 times
יָמִ֥יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
מִסְפָּ֖רnumber
misparH4557 →134 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֤י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יַחֲנ֔וּthey encamped
yachanuH2583 →143 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֥י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יִסָּֽעוּ׃they set out
yisauH5265 →146 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.