Exodus 40:36-38

40:36 But when the cloud was lifted up ¹  from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out ²  on all their journeys; 40:37 but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. ³  40:38 For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be ⁴  on it at night, in plain view ⁵  of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

¹ tn The construction uses the Niphal infinitive construct to form the temporal clause.

² tn The imperfect tense in this context describes a customary action.

³ tn The clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct in the temporal clause: “until the day of its being taken up.”

⁴ tn Here is another imperfect tense of the customary nuance.

⁵ tn Heb “to the eyes of all”; KJV, ASV, NASB “in the sight of all”; NRSV “before the eyes of all.”