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14 If a resident alien lives with you and wants to observe the Lord’s Passover, let him observe it according to the statutes and laws of the Passover. You are to maintain the same statute[a] for the resident alien as you do for the native of the land.”

The Fire Cloud over the Tent

15 On the same morning[b] that the tent was set up, a cloud covered the tent, that is, the Tent of Testimony, and in the evening fire appeared over the tent until morning. 16 It was so continuously—there was a cloud covering by day, and a fire cloud appeared at night.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:14 Lit. one decree shall be for you
  2. Numbers 9:15 Lit. day

14 “‘A foreigner(A) residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’”

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law,(B) was set up,(C) the cloud(D) covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.(E) 16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.(F)

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