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Now on ^(C1)the day that the tabernacle was erected, ^(C2)the cloud covered the tabernacle, the ^(C3)tent of the testimony, and ^(C4)in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

That is how it was continuously; ^(C1)the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

^(C1)Whenever 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.

At the ^(F1)command of the LORD the sons of Israel would set out, and at the ^(F1)command of the LORD they would camp; ^(C1)as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, ^(F1)the sons of Israel would comply with the LORD'S ordinance and not set out.

If ^(F1)sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, ^(C1)in accordance with the ^(F2)command of the LORD they remained camped. Then in accordance with the ^(F2)command of the LORD they set out.

If ^(F1)sometimes the cloud ^(F2)remained 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.

Whether 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 ^(C1)when it was lifted, they did set out.

^(C1)At the ^(F1)command of the LORD they camped, and at the ^(F1)command of the LORD they set out; they did what the LORD required, in accordance with the ^(F1)command of the LORD through Moses.