“And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.”
Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, then the Israelites would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp — the cloud becomes Israel's literal guide and command: its lifting signals departure, its settling signals encampment. No human leadership could match this immediacy of divine direction. The cloud's movements preempt all human deliberation; Israel follows rather than decides.
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