19And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. …
Commentary
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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