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Text -- Numbers 9:17-23 (NET)
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9:17 Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle , then after that the Israelites would begin their journey ; and in whatever place the cloud settled , there the Israelites would make camp .
9:18 At the commandment of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey , and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp ; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp .
9:19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days , then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey .
9:20 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days , they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment , and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey .
9:21 And when the cloud remained only from evening until morning , when the cloud was taken up the following morning , then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night , when the cloud was taken up they traveled .
9:22 Whether it was for two days , or a month , or a year , that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle , the Israelites remained camped without traveling ; but when it was taken up , they traveled on .
9:23 At the commandment of the Lord they camped , and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord , by the authority of Moses .
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NET Notes: Num 9:17 Heb “in the place where it settled there”; the relative clause modifies the noun “place,” and the resumptive adverb completes ...
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NET Notes: Num 9:18 Heb “all the days of – that the cloud settled over the tabernacle.” “All” is the adverbial accusative of time telling ho...
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NET Notes: Num 9:19 This is the same Hebrew expression that was used earlier for the Levites “keeping their charge” or more clearly, “fulfilling their o...
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NET Notes: Num 9:21 The construction in this half of the verse uses two vav (ו) consecutive clauses. The first is subordinated to the second as a temporal clause: &...
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NET Notes: Num 9:22 Heb “and they would not journey”; the clause can be taken adverbially, explaining the preceding verbal clause.
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