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Exodus 40:36 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; "
Exodus 40:36
Verse in Context
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34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.
36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
37 but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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Exodus 40:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Exodus 40:2
"“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting."
Exodus 40:3
"You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil."
Exodus 40:4
"You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps."
Exodus 40:5
"You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle."
Exodus 40:6
"“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting."
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