Exodus 40:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

The cloud

Exodus 13:21

Numbers 9:15

Fire

Psalm 78:14

Psalm 105:39

Isaiah 4:5

General references

Psalm 78:14

Bible References

The cloud

The [presence of the] Lord was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud [of God’s presence] covered the tabernacle, that is, the tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was over the tabernacle, appearing like [a pillar of] fire until the morning.

Fire

In the daytime He led them with a cloud
And all the night with a light of fire.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.

then the Lord will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].

General references

So it was continuously; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tabernacle, and He called Aaron and Miriam, and they came forward.

Then the Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood beside the doorway of the tent.

In the daytime He led them with a cloud
And all the night with a light of fire.