Exodus 13:22
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New International Version (©2011)
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never left its place in front of the people.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

NET Bible (©2006)
He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The column of smoke was always in front of the people during the day. The column of fire was always there at night.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

American King James Version
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

American Standard Version
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There never failed the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.

Darby Bible Translation
The pillar of the cloud did not remove from before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night.

English Revised Version
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.

Webster's Bible Translation
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

World English Bible
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn't depart from before the people.

Young's Literal Translation
He removeth not the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, from before the people.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:21,22 The Lord went before them in a pillar, or appearance of the Divine Majesty. Christ was with the church in the wilderness, 1Co 10:9. Those whom God brings into a wilderness, he will not leave nor lose there, but will take care to lead them through it. It was great satisfaction to Moses and the pious Israelites, to be sure that they were under Divine guidance. Those who make the glory of God their end, and the word of God their rule, the Spirit of God the guide of their affections, and the providence of God the guide of their affairs, may be sure that the Lord goes before them, though they cannot see it with their eyes: we must now live by faith. When Israel marched, this pillar went before, and pointed out the place of encampment, as Divine Wisdom saw fit. It sheltered by day from the heat, and gave light by night. The Bible is a light to our feet, a lantern to our paths, with which the Saviour's love has provided us. It testifies of Christ. It is to us like the pillar to the Israelites. Listen to that voice which cries, I am the Light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life, Joh 8:12. Jesus Christ alone, as shown in the Bible, and as the Holy Spirit, in answer to prayer, recommends him to the soul, is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Joh 14:6.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 22. - He took not away. The last distinct mention of the cloud is in Numbers 16:42, after the destruction of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. There is perhaps a later allusion to it in Numbers 20:6. In Nehemiah it is said that "the pillar of the cloud departed not from them," so long as they were in the wilderness (Nehemiah 9:19); and the same is implied, though not formally stated, in Numbers 9:15-23. There is no mention of the pillar of the cloud as still with the Israelites in the Book of Joshua. Probably it was last seen on the journey from Beth-jesimoth to Abel-Shittim in the rich Jordan valley (Numbers 33:49).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day,.... It always appeared in the daytime, and was a guide and shelter:

nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people; this continued till they came through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan, when they needed it no longer, and then it left them; for when they passed over Jordan the ark went before them, Joshua 3:6.

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The Pillars of Cloud and Fire
…20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 14:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Exodus 14:19 Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them,
Numbers 9:15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
Nehemiah 9:12 By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.
Nehemiah 9:19 "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.
Isaiah 4:5 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy.