Exodus 13:22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

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

New American Standard Bible
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
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
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
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of 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.

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.

Cross References

Exodus 14:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Numbers 9:15
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

Nehemiah 9:12
Moreover you led them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Nehemiah 9:19
Yet you in your manifold mercies forsook them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

Isaiah 4:5
And the LORD will create on every dwelling place of mount Zion, and on her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for on all the glory shall be a defense.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

21, 22. the Lord went before them—by a visible token of His presence, the Shekinah, in a majestic cloud (Ps 78:14; Ne 9:12; 1Co 10:1), called "the angel of God" (Ex 14:19; 23:20-23; Ps 99:6, 7; Isa 63:8, 9).