15. the cloud covered the tabernacle —The inspired historian here enters on an entirely new subject, which might properly have formed a separate chapter, beginning at this verse and ending at :- [CALMET]. The cloud was a visible token of God's special presence and guardian care of the Israelites ( Exodus 14:20 ; Psalms 105:39 ). It was easily distinguishable from all other clouds by its peculiar form and its fixed position; for from the day of the completion of the tabernacle it rested by day as a dark, by night as a fiery, column on that part of the sanctuary which contained the ark of the testimony ( Psalms 105:39- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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