Numbers 9:18-20

18 At the command of the LORD the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of the LORD they would camp; ¹as long * as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the LORD'S charge and not set out.

20 If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, ²according to the command of the LORD they remained camped. Then according to the command of the LORD they set out.

Numbers 9:18-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 9

In this chapter the command for keeping the passover is repeated, and it was accordingly kept, Nu 9:1-5; but some persons being defiled and disqualified for observing it, Moses inquires of the Lord, on their solicitation, what should be done in such a case, Nu 9:6-8; when it was ordered to be kept by such, and those on journeys, on the fourteenth day of the second month, but not by others, who were to observe it according to its first appointment, Nu 9:9-14; and an account is given of the appearance of the cloud by day, and fire by night, upon the tabernacle, which directed the children of Israel when to journey, and when to pitch their tents, Nu 9:15-23.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Corinthians 10:1
• 2. Psalms 48:14; Proverbs 3:5, 6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "mouth"
• [b]. Lit "mouth"
• [c]. Lit "and the"
• [d]. Lit "it was that"
• [e]. Lit "mouth"
• [f]. Lit "mouth"