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Numbers 9:15

On 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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ASV

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.

KJV

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְיוֹם֙u.ve.yOmand on [the] dayH3117 →
הָקִ֣יםha.Kimset upH6965 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
כִּסָּ֤הki.Sahit coveredH3680 →
הֶֽעָנָן֙he.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
לְאֹ֖הֶלle.'O.helof [the] tent ofH168 →
הָעֵדֻ֑תha.'e.Dutthe testimonyH5715 →
וּבָעֶ֜רֶבu.va.'E.revand in the eveningH6153 →
יִהְיֶ֧הyih.Yehit wasH1961 →
עַֽל־'al-overH5921 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
כְּמַרְאֵה־ke.mar.'eh-like [the] appearance ofH4758 →
אֵ֖שׁ'eshfireH784 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
בֹּֽקֶר׃Bo.kermorningH1242 →

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Exodus 13:21And 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.Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.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.Exodus 38:21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.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.Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,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 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.Exodus 40:17–18So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.Exodus 14:19–20And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,Ezekiel 10:3–4Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.Exodus 40:2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.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 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.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.1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

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