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Exodus 40:37

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 40:37 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Exodus 40:37 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 40

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:
37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not, etc.] Even if it continued so two days, or a month, or a year, as very probably it sometimes did; which will in some measure account for the long continuance of the Israelites in the wilderness, (see <040922>Numbers 9:22) till the day that it was taken up: or, “of its ascent” f1017, being “lifted up”, or going upwards, higher in the air, right over the tabernacle, or perhaps more to the front of it; the word used before in this and the preceding verse has the signification of ascending upwards.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 9:19-22; Psa 31:15 Exodus 40:38”
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