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Updated Bible Version

Numbers 9:19

And when the cloud tarried on the tabernacle many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't journey.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cloud;   Fire;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cloud of Glory;   High Priest, the;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Miracle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Leviticus, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Plagues of Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Day;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Yisra'el kept the charge of the LORD, and didn't travel.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And when the cloud prolonged on the tabernacle many days the Israelites kept the kept requirement of Yahweh and did not set out.
New Century Version
Sometimes the cloud stayed over the Tent for a long time, but the Israelites obeyed the Lord and did not move.
New English Translation
When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey.
Amplified Bible
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites would keep their obligation to the LORD and not set out.
New American Standard Bible
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would comply with the LORD'S ordinance and not set out.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the cloude taryed stil vpon the Tabernacle a long time, the childre of Israel kept the watch of the Lorde, and iourneyed not.
Legacy Standard Bible
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the charge of Yahweh and not set out.
Complete Jewish Bible
Even when the cloud remained on the tabernacle for a long time, the people of Isra'el did what Adonai had charged them to do and did not travel.
Darby Translation
And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
Easy-to-Read Version
Sometimes the cloud would stay over the Holy Tent for a long time. The Israelites obeyed the Lord and did not move.
English Standard Version
Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not set out.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
Good News Translation
When the cloud stayed over the Tent for a long time, they obeyed the Lord and did not move on.
Christian Standard Bible®
Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out.
Literal Translation
And when the cloud tarried over the tabernacle many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and did not pull up stakes .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the cloude taried many dayes vpon the Habitacion, the childre of Israel wayted vpon the LORDE, & wente not on their iourney.
American Standard Version
And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
Bible in Basic English
When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the cloude taryed styll vpon the tabernacle long tyme, the children of Israel kept the watche of the Lorde, and iourneyed not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
King James Version (1611)
And when the cloud taried long vpon the Tabernacle many daies, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and iourneyed not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whenever the cloud shall be drawn over the tabernacle for many days, then the children of Israel shall keep the charge of God, and they shall not remove.
English Revised Version
And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Berean Standard Bible
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD's charge and did not set out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if it bifelde that it dwellide in myche tyme on the tabernacle, the sones of Israel weren in the watchis of the Lord, and thei yeden not forth,
Young's Literal Translation
And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not,
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
New King James Version
Even when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey.
New Living Translation
If the cloud remained over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites stayed and performed their duty to the Lord .
New Life Bible
Even when the cloud rested over the meeting tent for many days, the people of Israel would obey the Lord and not leave.
New Revised Standard
Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites would keep the charge of the Lord , and would not set out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when the cloud lengthened out its stay upon the habitation, many days, then would the sons of Israel keep the watch of Yahweh, and would not set forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if it was so that it continued over it a long time, the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not,
Revised Standard Version
Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and did not set out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the LORD'S charge and not set out.

Contextual Overview

15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at evening it was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. 16 So it always was: the cloud covered it and by night [had] the appearance of fire. 17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the sons of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the sons of Israel encamped. 18 At the commandment of Yahweh the sons of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped: as long as the cloud abode on the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 And when the cloud tarried on the tabernacle many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't journey. 20 And sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they journeyed. 21 And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried on the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the sons of Israel remained encamped, and didn't journey; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they journeyed: they kept the charge of Yahweh, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

tarried long: Heb. prolonged

kept the: Numbers 1:52, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:8, Zechariah 3:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:37 - General Leviticus 8:35 - keep Numbers 9:23 - they kept 2 Chronicles 13:11 - we keep

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was 500 years old: And Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.
Genesis 9:2
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens; With all by which the ground teems, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are delivered.
Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, you shall not eat.
Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,.... Or years, for days are sometimes put for years, and in some places the cloud tarried several years; or however, if it stayed but a month or a year in any place, as in Numbers 9:22;

then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not; they not only kept watching when it would move, or set sentinels for that purpose to observe it, but they kept the charge, order, or commandment, which the tarrying of the cloud was a token of, and did not attempt to proceed in their journey until they had an intimation so to do by its motion; and all this while, likewise, the tabernacle being up, they observed all the precepts and ordinances of the Lord in the service of it.


 
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