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Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloudcovered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fireover the tabernacle, untilmorning.
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Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward* the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the placewhere* the cloudsettleddown, there the sons of Israel would camp.
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At the command of the LORD the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of the LORD they would camp; as long* as the cloudsettledover the tabernacle, they remainedcamped.
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If sometimes the cloudremained a fewdaysover the tabernacle, according to the command of the LORD they remainedcamped. Then according to the command of the LORD they set out.
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If sometimes the cloudremained from eveninguntilmorning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.
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Whether it was two daysor a monthor a year that the cloudlingeredover the tabernacle, stayingabove it, the sons of Israelremainedcamped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.
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At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the LORD they set out; they kept the LORD'Scharge, according to the command of the LORDthroughMoses.