Numbers 10:34

34 The Lord's cloud was over them during the day when they left their 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 Come with us. We will share with you all the good things the Lord gives us."

33 So they left the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The Ark of the Lord's Agreement went in front of the people for those three days, as they looked for a place to camp.

34 The Lord's cloud was over them during the day when they left their camp.

35 When the Ark left the camp, Moses said, "Rise up, Lord! Scatter your enemies: make those who hate you run from you."

36 And when the Ark was set down, Moses said, "Return, Lord, to the thousands of people of Israel."