85 occurrences

'Cloud' in the Bible

He did not withdraw the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from going before the people.

Verse ConceptsObelisksDuring The Day

The angel of God, who had been going in front of the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of the cloud moved from in front and stood behind them.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordGuardiansDivine ManifestationsHeaven And AngelsAngels Helping UsThe Angel Of GodObelisksGod Going BeforeCamping During The ExodusAngelic Guardianshipmovement

So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. It was a cloud along with darkness [even by day to the Egyptians], but it gave light by night [to the Israelites]; so one [army] did not come near the other all night.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalDivine Protection, Examples OfStanding At A DistanceComing BetweenLight In The WorldCamping During The Exodus

So it happened at the early morning watch [before dawn], that the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and put them in a state of confusion.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfNightObelisksGod Appearing In FireGod Seeing The WickedPuzzlementcloudsarmy

So it happened that as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared in the cloud!

Verse ConceptsAppearances Of God In OtClouds, Miraculous UsesClouds, God's PresenceTheophanyDivine ManifestationsGod, Presence OfJudgement In The Wilderness

The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may believe and trust in you forever.” Then Moses repeated the words of the people to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

and be ready by the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai [in the cloud] in the sight of all the people.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekGod Going DownSpectatorsGod AppearingPreparing For Action

So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountainsclouds

The glory and brilliance of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day God called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysGod's VoiceDay 7Cloud of glory

Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the doorway of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLonelinessPillarsDivine ManifestationsTent Of MeetingTheophanySolitudeObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayEntering The TabernacleGod Speaking

When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tent door, all the people would rise and worship, each at his tent door.

Verse ConceptsStandingTent Of MeetingWorship, Places OfWorship, Reasons ForObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayWorshipping God

Then the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with Moses as he proclaimed the Name of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyGod Going DownProclaiming God’s Name

Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God’s visible, dwelling presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudAurasFilling The SanctuaryCovering The TabernacleCloud of gloryThe Presence Of Godcloudssmoking

Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsWorship, Results OfFilling The SanctuaryEntering The TabernacleUnable To Do Other ThingsCloud of glory

In all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out;

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsThings Lifted UpMoving To A New Place

but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey on until the day when it was taken up.

Verse ConceptsThings Lifted UpMoving On

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

Verse ConceptsHousesGod Appearing In FireDuring The Day

Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord [the Shekinah cloud] appeared to all the people [as promised].

Verse ConceptsEntering The TabernacleGod AppearingPeople Who Blessed Others

and put the incense on the fire [in the censer] before the Lord, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on [the ark of] the Testimony, otherwise he will die.

Verse ConceptsSmokeCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresencePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]smoking

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.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleThe Tabernacle

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

Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent (tabernacle), afterward the Israelites would set out; and in the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites would camp.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusMoving OnMoving To A New Placeuncertaintycloudsmovement

At the Lord’s command the Israelites would journey on, and at His command they would camp. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle they remained camped.

Verse ConceptsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites would keep their obligation to the Lord and not set out.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

Sometimes the cloud remained only a few days over the tabernacle, and in accordance with the command of the Lord they remained camped. Then at His command they set out.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

If sometimes the cloud remained [over the tabernacle] from evening only until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would journey on; whether in the daytime or at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

Verse ConceptsMorningOne DaySetting Out

Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the Israelites remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they set out.

Verse ConceptsTwo DaysOne MonthSetting Out

On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] was lifted from over the tabernacle of the Testimony,

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsMonth 2

and the Israelites set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud [of the Lord’s guiding presence] settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.

Verse ConceptsParticular Journeys

The cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Verse ConceptsDuring The Day

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took some of the Spirit who was upon Moses and put Him upon the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied [praising God and declaring His will], but they did not do it again.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

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.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsRevelation, In OtGod Appearing At The Doorway

But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned and looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

Verse ConceptsBodydiseasesMiracles, Nature OfSnowAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentWhite HairDisease

and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people [of Israel], that You, Lord, are seen face to face, while Your cloud stands over them; and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyProtection Day And NightBeing Face To Face With GodObelisksGod Going BeforeGod Appearing In FireHearing About GodGiving InformationGod Is Among You

When the congregation was assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned and looked at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudClouds, God's PresenceDivine Manifestations

who went before you along the way, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to seek a place for you to make camp and to show you the way in which you should go.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansJourneyDivine ManifestationsGod Going BeforeGod Appearing In FireLearning The Right WayCamping During The Exodus

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

“The Lord spoke these words with a great voice to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and He added no more. He wrote these commandments on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

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

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTheophanyGod Appearing At The Doorway

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

But when the [signal] cloud began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the entire city went up in smoke to heaven.

Verse ConceptsLooking Back

Now it happened that when the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s house,

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsFilling The Sanctuary

so the priests could not stand [in their positions] to minister because of the cloud, for the glory and brilliance of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house (temple).

Verse ConceptsecstasyTheophanyPeople's Inability To Serve GodCloud of glory

And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”

Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

in unison when the trumpeters and singers were to make themselves heard with one voice praising and thanking the Lord, and when they raised their voices accompanied by the trumpets and cymbals and [other] instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever,” then the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud,

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfDivine ManifestationsGod, The EternalPraise, Manner And Methods OfSongsVoicesCloud of gloryinstruments

so that the priests could not remain standing to minister because of the cloud; for the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the house of God.

Verse ConceptsCloud of gloryMinistryThe Presence Of Godpriestsministering

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,And with a pillar of fire by nightTo light the way for themIn which they were to go.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsLight, NaturalPillarsObelisksGod Appearing In FireLight In The WorldDuring The DayGod Has GuidedNavigation

You, in Your great mercy and compassion,Did not abandon them in the wilderness;The pillar of the cloud did not leave them by day,To lead them in the way,Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way they should go.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGuidance, Receiving God'sObelisksGod Appearing In FireLight In The WorldGod Not ForsakingDuring The DayGod Has Guided

“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;Let a cloud settle upon it;Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseGrave, TheSheolWeather, As God's JudgmentThe Finality Of DeathDisappearanceDeath Is Final

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],And the cloud does not burst under them.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDivision Of WatersOut Of The NorthGod Sending RainWaters DividingWork Ethiccloudsweight

“He covers the face of the full moonAnd spreads His cloud over it.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceAstronomyThe Moon

“Terrors are turned upon me;They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowGod Controls Storms

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;They kept His testimoniesAnd the statutes that He gave them.

Verse ConceptsGod SpeakingOld Testament Claims Inspiration

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

Verse ConceptsCoveringDivine ManifestationsLight, NaturalGod Appearing In Fireclouds

In the light of the king’s face is life,And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.

Verse ConceptsRainSpringWeather, As God's JudgmentFavorSmilingcloudsspringtime

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].

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfDivine ManifestationsSmokeGod Appearing In FireCloud of glorysmokingzion

For this is what the Lord has said to me,“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:Listen carefully, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

Like heat in a dry land, You will subdue the noise of foreigners [rejoicing over their enemies];Like heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is silenced.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSilenceHot WeatherForeigners SubduedAliensrelentless

“Who are these who fly like a cloudAnd like doves to their windows?

Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)With a cloud in His anger!He has cast down from heaven to the earthThe glory and splendor of IsraelAnd has not remembered His footstoolIn the day of His anger.

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsZion, As A SymbolGod ForgettingLosing HonourThe Coming Day Of God's WrathFeelings Of Alienation

You have covered Yourself with a cloudSo that no prayer can pass through.

Verse ConceptsBeing Yourselfclouds

As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core [there was] something like glowing [amber-colored] metal in the midst of the fire.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory and brilliance of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfClouds, God's PresenceProstrationRainbowsRainSymbolsGod's Glory In IsraelGod Is LightAppearancesGod's VoiceAppearances ofCloud of gloryThe RainbowColorRainbowcloudsadorationepiphany

Standing before these [images] were seventy elders of the house of Israel, and among them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan [the scribe], each man with his censer in his hand and a thick and fragrant cloud of incense was rising [as they prayed to these gods].

Verse ConceptsCensersIncense Offered AmissSeventies

Then the [Shekinah] glory and brilliance of the God of Israel (the cloud) went up from the cherubim on which it had rested, to [stand above] the threshold of the [Lord’s] temple. And the Lord called to the man clothed with linen, who had the scribe’s writing case at his side.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfDivine ManifestationsCherubim, Functions OfGod's Glory In IsraelGod's Shekinah GloryGod Appearing At The DoorwayCherubim

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered; and a cloud [the Shekinah glory of God] filled the inner courtyard.

Verse ConceptsFilling The SanctuaryCourts Of The Temple

Then the glory and brilliance of the Lord moved upward from the cherubim to [rest over] the threshold of the temple; and the temple was filled with the cloud and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfTheophanyThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchFilling The SanctuaryGod Appearing At The DoorwayGod Is LightCourts Of The TempleCherubimCloud of glory

Then the [Shekinah] glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the temple and rested over the cherubim.

Verse ConceptsGod's Shekinah GloryGod Appearing At The DoorwayCherubim

As I looked at them, the cherubim lifted up their wings and rose up from the earth, they departed with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfComing To GatesMotionlessnessComing To RestAngel's WingsEast GatesPersons With ThingsCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the [Shekinah] glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Verse ConceptsWheelsAngel's WingsCherubim

“In Tehaphnehes the day will be darkWhen I break the yoke bars and dominion of Egypt there.Then the pride of her power will come to an end;A cloud [of disasters] will cover her,And her daughters will go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

“And when I extinguish you,I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;I will cover the sun with a cloudAnd the moon will not give its light.

Verse ConceptsMoonEclipsesDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesLuciferThe Moon

You will go up [against them], you will come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

Verse ConceptsStormsCovering The EarthHer StrengthThe Storms Of Life

and you will go up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the last days it will come about that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEnd Of The WorldCovering The EarthNations Attacking Israel

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