15And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
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And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)We have here the history of the cloud; not a natural history: who knows the balancings of the clouds ? but a divine history of a cloud that was appointed to be the visible sign and symbol of God’s presence with Israel. I. When the tabernacle was finished this cloud, which before had hung on high over their camp, settled upon the tabernacle, and covered it, to show that God manifests his presence w…
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