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I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE SOMETIMES CALLED TO REMAIN, AS IT WERE, STATIONARY FOR A TIME IN THIS LIFE.

II. THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF GOD MAY APPEAR TO REMAIN STATIONARY FOR A TIME, YET THERE IS NO PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THIS WORLD.

III. BOTH THE RESTINGS AND THE RISINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE ORDERED BY HIM.

IV. THE PEOPLE OF GOD, WHETHER RESTING OR MARCHING, ARE PROTECTED BY HIM. Learn, in conclusion, to —

1. Gratefully appreciate and diligently use the seasons of quiet rest in life.

2. Remember that, however long and grateful a rest may be granted unto us, we are only pilgrims here. Be ready to arise and depart when the cloud arises.

3. Follow the guidance of God.

4. Trust the protection of God.

(W. Jones.)

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KJV: And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

WEB: It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.