Numbers 9:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Numbers 9:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 9:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 9:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.”

Numbers 9:16 — World English Bible

Numbers 9:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Numbers 9:16 — American Standard Version

Numbers 9:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Numbers 9:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 9:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Numbers 9:16 — Darby Translation

Numbers 9:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So it was alway: the cloude couered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.”

Numbers 9:16 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 9:16 in Context — Numbers 9

14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

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

17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

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What Does Numbers 9:16 Mean?

Numbers 9:16 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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