16That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.


In Context

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the Lord 's offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

14 " 'An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the Lord 's Passover must do so in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for the alien and the native- born.' "

15 On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.

16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.

17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.

18 At the Lord 's command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.

Numbers 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was alway: the cloud covered it [by day,] and the appearance of fire by night.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by night as it were the appearance of fire.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and at night it was as the appearance of fire.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was always; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.