Numbers 10:34

34 Now the LORD's cloud was over them by day when they marched from the camp.

Numbers 10:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:34

And the cloud of the Lord [was] upon them by day
Not only upon the tabernacle, and upon the ark particularly, but it spread itself in journeying over the whole body of the people, and therefore said to be a covering to them from the heat of the sun, ( Psalms 105:39 ) ; as well as it was a guide unto them, and a token of the divine Presence with them, see ( Isaiah 4:5 ) ;

when they went out of the camp;
or out of the place of their encampment, when they removed from Sinai; and appears from, hence that it was in the daytime.

Numbers 10:34 In-Context

32 If you go with us, whatever good the LORD does for us, we'll do for you."

33 They marched from the LORD's mountain for three days. The LORD's chest containing the covenant marched ahead of them for three days to look for a resting place for them.

34 Now the LORD's cloud was over them by day when they marched from the camp.

35 When the chest set out, Moses would say, "Arise, LORD, let your enemies scatter, and those who hate you flee."

36 When it rested, he would say, "Return, LORD of the ten thousand thousands of Israel."