Exodus 40:36

Exodus 40:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
• New International Version (NIV)In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.

Context of Exodus 40:36

34Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God’s visible, dwelling presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the tabernacle. In all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out; 37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey on until the day when it was taken up. 38For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

Exodus 40:36 word by word

וּבְהֵעָל֤וֹת הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעַ֣ל הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן יִסְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּכֹ֖ל מַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• was taken upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• fromעַל‛al · uponH5921
• over the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• went onwardנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• in all their journeysמַסַּעmassa‛ · journeyH4550

Cross-references for Exodus 40:36

• Exodus 13:21The [presence of the] Lord was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.
• Numbers 10:11On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] was lifted from over the tabernacle of the Testimony,
• Nehemiah 9:19You, in Your great mercy and compassion, Did not abandon them in the wilderness; The pillar of the cloud did not leave them by day, To lead them in the way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way they should go.
• Psalms 78:14In the daytime He led them with a cloud And all the night with a light of fire.
• Psalms 105:39The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day], And a fire to illumine the night.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be unaware, believers, that our fathers were all under the cloud [in which God’s presence went before them] and they all passed [miraculously and safely] through the [Red] Sea;
• 2 Corinthians 5:19that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting people’s sins against them [but canceling them]. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation [that is, restoration to favor with God].

Commentaries on Exodus 40:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36When the cloud was taken up - The subject of these three last verses has been very largely explained in the notes on Exodus 13:21, to which, as well as to the general remarks on that chapter, the reader is requested immediately to refer. See Clarke's note on Exodus 13:21.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-38Verses 34-38 The cloud covered the tabernacle even in the clearest day; it was not a cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a token of God's presence to be seen day and night, by all Israel, that they might never again question, Is the Lord among us, or is he not? It guided the camp of Israel through the wilderness. While the cloud rested on the tabernacle, they rested; when it removed, they followed it. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-38The most important part of the exodus happened when the glory of the Lord filled the Tent of Meeting. From the beginning, God’s purpose was not only to rescue Israel from slavery. He wanted to bring them into a close relationship with himself. Their greatest need was to know God personally. Without God’s presence, the promised land would not truly be a place of blessing. But now it would be different. The same glory that appeared on Mount Sinai was now…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle--In journeying through the sandy, trackless deserts of the East, the use of torches, exhibiting a cloud of smoke by day and of fire by night, has been resorted to from time immemorial. The armies of Darius and Alexander were conducted on their marches in this manner [Faber]. The Arab caravans in the present day observe the same custom; and materials for these torches are stored up among other…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 40:36

• Cloud
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Cloud
• Shechinah
• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Exodus 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings