23 This section is somewhat mechanical: It begins with an introduction (vv. 11, 12), and then begins with Judah (vv. 13–17), followed by the rest of the tribes (vv. 18–27), and finally closes with a summary (v. 28). The last few verses (vv. 29–36) treat the departure of Hobab.
24 inserts a lengthy portion from Deut 1:6–8, expressing the command for Israel to take the land from the Amorites. The expression is difficult; it is מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת (mishkan ha’edut). The reference is to the sacred shrine that covered the ark with the commandments inside. renders the expression as “tabernacle of the Token”; has “the dwelling of the commandments.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony.

NLTNew Living Translation

In the second year after Israel’s departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month the cloud was lifted from upon the tabernacle of the testimony.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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