21 If [a]sometimes the cloud [b]remained from evening until morning, 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. 22 Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but (A)when it was lifted, they did set out. 23 (B)At the [c]command of the Lord they camped, and at the [d]command of the Lord they set out; they kept the Lord’s charge, according to the [e]command of the Lord through Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:21 Lit it was that
  2. Numbers 9:21 Lit was
  3. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  4. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  5. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth

21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

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