Verse 22

Numbers 9:22

Bible in Basic English

22 Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֽוֹ יֹמַ֜יִם אוֹ חֹ֣דֶשׁ אוֹ יָמִ֗ים בְּ/הַאֲרִ֨יךְ הֶ/עָנָ֤ן עַל הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ לִ/שְׁכֹּ֣ן עָלָ֔י/ו יַחֲנ֥וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְ/לֹ֣א יִסָּ֑עוּ וּ/בְ/הֵעָלֹת֖/וֹ יִסָּֽעוּ
English Translation
Or days, or a month, or days, when the cloud lingers over the dwelling place, the children of Israel shall encamp there; they shall not set out, but when it lifts, they shall set out.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 And the Lord said to Moses, in the waste land of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after... Focus ↗
2 Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its regular time. Focus ↗
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you are to keep it at the regular time, and in the... Focus ↗
4 And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel to keep the Passover. Focus ↗
5 So they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the... Focus ↗
6 And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to ke... Focus ↗
7 And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make... Focus ↗
8 And Moses said to them, Do nothing till the Lord gives me directions about you. Focus ↗
9 And the Lord said to Moses, Focus ↗
10 Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead bo... Focus ↗
11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unle... Focus ↗
12 Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it... Focus ↗
13 But the man who, not being unclean or on a journey, does not keep the Passover, will be cut off from... Focus ↗
14 And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, le... Focus ↗
15 And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in... Focus ↗
16 And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night. Focus ↗
17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying... Focus ↗
18 At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put... Focus ↗
19 When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the orde... Focus ↗
20 Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord,... Focus ↗
21 And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in t... Focus ↗
22 Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the chil...
23 At the word of the Lord they put up their tents, and at the word of the Lord they went forward on th... Focus ↗