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Texts -- Numbers 9:16 (NET)

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9:16 This is the way it used to be continually : The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night .

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • When the book opens the Israelites were in the second month of the second year after they departed from Egypt (1:1). In chapters 7-10 we read things that happened in the nation before that. These things happened when Moses fi...
  • To formulate a statement that summarizes the teaching of this book it will be helpful to identify some of the major revelations in Numbers. These constitute the unique values of the book.The first major value of Numbers is th...
  • I. Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs. 1-25A. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the south chs. 1-101. The first census and the organization of the people chs. 1-42. Commands and rituals t...
  • The time had come for the Israelites to resume their journey when the people had celebrated the Passover. All that remained for the Israelites to know was how God would lead them. Moses recorded God's revelation of that in th...
  • God ordered that priests should announce His movement of the people by blowing two silver trumpets because the Israelites would not watch the cloud continuously. The blasts from the trumpets would reach the farthest tents in ...
  • 8:12 The context of the events in this paragraph continues to be the temple during the feast of Tabernacles (v. 20, cf. 7:14). Jesus was speaking to the Jews who had assembled there some of whom were residents of Jerusalem an...
  • 21:11 This city obviously appeared extremely impressive to John. The first and most important characteristic that John noted was its radiant glow. It shone with the splendor of God Himself because He was in it (cf. Exod. 40:3...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • So it was alway : the cloud covered [the tabernacle] by day, and the appearance of fire by night.', Num. 9:16.THE children of Israel in the wilderness, surrounded by miracle, had nothing which we do not possess. They had some...
  • I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk In darkness, but shall have the light of life.'--John 8:12.JESUS CHRIST was His own great theme. Whatever be the explanation of the fact, there stands the fact ...
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