King James Version
Exodus 40:36 in the King James Version says “And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: went...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: went onward: Heb. journeyed”
Exodus 40:36 · KJV
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: went onward: Heb. journeyed
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was taken up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“And when the cloud”
H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
“from”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“went onward”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all their journeys”
H4550a departure (from striking the tents), i.e., march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)
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