Numbers 9:19

What does Numbers 9:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 9:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And if it was so that it continued over it a long time, the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

Context

v.18At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

v.19This passage

v.20And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 1:52

    And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts.

  • Numbers 3:8

    And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

  • Zechariah 3:7

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these that stand by.

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