Bible Strands
Exodus 40:36
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator records the operational rule for Israel’s wilderness movement immediately following the tabernacle’s erection and the descent of the divine cloud.
The words — The Hebrew יִסְעוּ (yis.'U) literally means "they set out," directly linked to הֵעָלֹת (he.'a.Lot), which denotes "was taken up" or lifted.
The thread — This cloud-governed movement pattern is recorded in Exodus 13:21, Numbers 9:17, and Nehemiah 9:19.
Why it lands — The text establishes that Israel’s departure and rest were strictly bound to the cloud’s position, requiring the community to halt or advance only on that visible signal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 9:19 You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
- Numbers 9:17 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
- Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- Numbers 10:11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
- Numbers 10:33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
- Numbers 19:17 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
- Psalms 78:14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Psalms 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.