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 covered the Tent of Meeting. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35Moses could not go into the Tent of Meeting because of the cloud and the bright glory of the Lord. The Israelites followed the cloud during all their journeys. Every time that the cloud rose up from the tabernacle, they would continue on their journey. 37But if the cloud remained on the tabernacle, the Israelites did not travel. They stayed where they were until the day when the cloud rose up. 38So the cloud stayed over the tabernacle during the day, to show that the Lord was with them. During the night, there was fire in the cloud. All the Israelites could see the cloud during all their journeys.

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 13:21As they travelled, the Lord was leading them. During the day, he was there as a pillar of cloud that went in front of them. During the night, he went as a pillar of fire. This gave them light, so they could travel during the day or the night.
• Numbers 10:11In the second year, in the second month, on the 20th day of the month, the cloud went up. It went away from God's Tent of Meeting.
• Nehemiah 9:19You were kind to them while they travelled in the desert. You continued to lead them with a pillar of cloud in the day. At night, you continued to show them the way with a pillar of fire. So they always knew which way to go.
• Psalms 78:14He showed them the way with a cloud in the day and with light from a fire all night.
• Psalms 105:39The Lord made a cloud to cover them and a fire to give them light at night.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1My Christian friends, remember what happened to our Israelite ancestors. Moses led them out of Egypt long ago. While they followed Moses, they all walked under the same cloud. All of them walked across the Red Sea.
• 2 Corinthians 5:19God's message is this: By Christ's death, God was bringing people of the world back to himself, as his friends. He would no longer keep their sins in his thoughts. This is the message that God wants us to tell people.

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