But if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out — until the day it lifted. The obedience to the cloud's movement is the obedience to God's direction: they did not set out until it lifted. The community that would set out on their own initiative — ahead of the cloud or in a direction the cloud was not moving — would be moving outside the divine will. Isaiah 30:21 says you will hear a voice behind you, saying, this is the way; walk in it — the cloud that governs Israel's movements is the voice Isaiah promises to the community that follows God's direction.

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