The Meaning of Numbers 9:16 Explained

Numbers 9:16

KJV: So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

YLT: so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night.

Darby: So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and at night it was as the appearance of fire.

ASV: So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 9:16?

MEANING: What does Numbers 9:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 9:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 9:16?

What is the context of Numbers 9:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So it was alway: the cloud covered it [by day], and the appearance of fire by night.

What does Numbers 9:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 9:15-23 - The Cloud Upon The Tabernacle

We cannot decide on the shape of this cloud; whether it was a great cumulus, or spread out over the camp like an umbrella, so as to shelter the people from the sun glare. As the night fell, the shekinah-fire, that burned at its heart, became apparent. But whether it sheltered by day or illumined by night, it was always the symbol of the divine presence. All this prefigured the guidance and shelter that are afforded to His people by our Lord. Compare John 8:12.

Friends may urge you to change your sphere. The scarcity of your resources and the pressure of your foes may appear to force a move. A nameless fear may suggest that you will never hold your ground. But so long as the cloud doesn't move, you must tarry where you are. Where the cloud broods, the manna falls. "My soul, wait thou only upon God!" Never go in front of God, nor lag behind, nor hesitate to strike your tent, if He leads on. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 9

¹ The Passover is again commanded
⁶ A second Passover for the unclean or absent
¹⁵ The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the Israelites

What do the individual words in Numbers 9:16 mean?

So it was always the cloud covered it [by day] and the appearance of fire by night

כֵּ֚ן יִהְיֶ֣ה : תָמִ֔יד הֶעָנָ֖ן יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַרְאֵה־ אֵ֖שׁ לָֽיְלָה

כֵּ֚ן	So
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יִהְיֶ֣ה	it was
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
: תָמִ֔יד	always
Parse: Adverb Root: תָּמִיד Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
הֶעָנָ֖ן	the cloud
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עָנָן Sense: cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass.
יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ	covered it [by day]
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: כָּסָה Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
וּמַרְאֵה־	and the appearance
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מַרְאֶה Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
אֵ֖שׁ	of fire
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: אֵשׁ Sense: fire.
לָֽיְלָה	by night
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לַיִל Sense: night.

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