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Numbers 9:17

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Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 17

This chapter is, I. Concerning the great ordinance of the passover; 1. Orders given for the observance of it, at the return of the year (Num 9:1-5). 2. Provisos added in regard to such as should be ceremonially unclean, or otherwise disabled, at the time when the passover was to be kept (Num 9:6-14). II. Concerning the great favour of the pillar of cloud, which was a guide to Israel through the wilderness (Num 9:15, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 17

פֶּה (peh, H6310) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);… עָנָן (ʻânân, H6051) — a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud עָלָה (ʻâlâh, H5927) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of… אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, H168) — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) אַחַר (ʼachar, H310) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various… בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity נָסַע (nâçaʻ, H5265) — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, H4725) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific);… שָׁכַן (shâkan, H7931) — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively) חָנָה (chânâh, H2583) — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening);…

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