John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 9:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And [so] it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle, etc.] Or “days of number”, which were so few that they might be easily numbered: the Targum of Jonathan interprets them of the seven days of the week, as if the sense was, when the cloud rested a week on the tabernacle: according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents; during these few days, be they a week, or more, or less: and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed; when it removed from the tabernacle.

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