Exodus 40:38
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.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day - This daily and nightly appearance was at once both a merciful providence, and a demonstrative proof of the Divinity of their religion: and…
As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and there was fire therein, &c. i.e. in the cloud. Cf. Num 9:15-16 (P).
The book thus closes with the fulfilment of the promise given in Exo 29:43; Exo 29:45 (see on Exo 29:43-46). The Dwelling is…
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