23At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
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.
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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