Continuation Of The Journey
To The
Promised Land
By
Holy Moses
The Cloud And The Fire
Now
on the day that the Tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the Tabernacle,
the Tent Of The Testimony; from evening until morning
it was above the Tabernacle like the appearance of fire. So it was always: the
cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Whenever
the cloud was taken up from above the Tabernacle, after that the children of
Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the
children of Israel would pitch their tents. At the command of the Lord the
children of Israel would journey, and at the command of the Lord they would
camp; as long as the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle they remained encamped. 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.
So it
was, when the cloud was above the Tabernacle a few days: according to the
command of the Lord they would remain encamped, and according to the command of
the Lord they would journey. So it was, when the cloud remained only from
evening until morning: when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they
would journey; whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up,
they would journey. Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud
remained above the Tabernacle, the children of Israel would remain encamped and
not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey. At the command of
the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed;
they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of
Moses.
Departure From Mt Sinai