Numbers 9:15-22

15Now on 1the day that the tabernacle was erected, 2the cloud covered the tabernacle, the 3tent of the testimony, and 4in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

16That is how it was continuously; 5the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

176Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.

18At the 7command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the 8command of the Lord they would camp; 9as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

19Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, 10the sons of Israel would comply with the Lord’s ordinance and not set out.

20If 11sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, 12in accordance with the 13command of the Lord they remained camped. Then in accordance with the 14command of the Lord they set out.

21If 15sometimes the cloud 16remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning they would set out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

22Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but 17when it was lifted, they did set out.