Numbers 9:18–23

¹⁸At the ¹command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; ^aas long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

¹⁹Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, ¹the sons of Israel would keep the Lord’s charge and not set out.

²⁰If ¹sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, ^aaccording to the ²command of the Lord they remained camped. Then according to the command of the Lord they set out.

²¹If ¹sometimes the cloud ²remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

²²Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but ^awhen it was lifted, they did set out.

^23aAt the ¹command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out; they kept the Lord’s charge, according to the command of the Lord through Moses.