Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 9:17 - 9:17

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 9:17 - 9:17


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when the cloud was taken up - that is, rose to a higher elevation, so as to be conspicuous at the remotest extremities of the camp. That was a signal for removal; and, accordingly, it is properly called (Num 9:18) “the commandment of the Lord.” It was a visible token of the presence of God; and from it, as a glorious throne, He gave the order. Song that its motion regulated the commencement and termination of all the journeys of the Israelites. (See on Exo 14:19).