Bible Strands
Numbers 9:19
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a divine directive given to the Israelites during their wilderness journey, specifying their encampment protocol relative to the cloud’s position over the tabernacle.
The words — הַאֲרִיךְ (ha'ariKH) means made long or lingered, and שָמְרוּ (shaMEru) means they kept or guarded the charge.
The thread — This operational obedience connects to Numbers 1:52 on camp divisions, Numbers 3:8 on tabernacle care obligations, and Zechariah 3:7 on the conditional outcome of keeping instructions.
Why it lands — The verse states that prolonged delay required continued stillness, demanding the reader accept divine timing and refrain from initiating movement without explicit command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 1:52 The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
- Numbers 3:8 They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Zechariah 3:7 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.