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Psalms 78:14

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

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ASV

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

KJV

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּנְחֵ֣םvai.yan.Chemand he guided themH5148 →
בֶּעָנָ֣ןbe.'a.Nanby the cloudH6051 →
יוֹמָ֑םyo.Mamby dayH3119 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָהha.Lay.lahthe nightH3915 →
בְּא֣וֹרbe.'orby [the] light ofH216 →
אֵֽשׁ׃'Esha fireH784 →

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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 40:38For 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,Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.Exodus 13:21–22And 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.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.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.Exodus 40:35–38Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, 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.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.Deuteronomy 32:12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.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.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.Numbers 9:16It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.Exodus 40:36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.

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