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Psalm 78:14
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
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Cloud by day and fire all night draw attention to the constancy of God's leading through Israel's changing hours in the wilderness.
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Exodus 13:21The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by …Both passages recount God's leading Israel with cloud by day and fire by night, with Exodus explaining that the fire gave light.
Exodus 40:38For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their …Both describe cloud by day and fire by night; Exodus locates these visible signs of God's presence at the tabernacle.
Psalm 105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.Both psalms remember God's provision of cloud and fire, with Psalm 105 describing the cloud as a covering.
Isaiah 4:5The LORD will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for …Both describe cloud by day and fire by night, though Isaiah speaks of what the LORD will create over Mount Zion.
Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud …Both recall God leading Israel through cloud and fire; Deuteronomy also describes him seeking places for their tents.
Exodus 14:24In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.Cloud and fire mark God's presence in both accounts, as he leads Israel and acts against the Egyptian army.
Numbers 9:15On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony. At evening it was over the tabernacle, as it …Both describe cloud during the day and fire through the night, with Numbers placing them over the tabernacle.
Numbers 14:14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you LORD are among this people; for you LORD are seen face to face, and your cloud …Both recount God's leading through cloud by day and fire by night; Numbers also reports other peoples hearing of his presence.
Deuteronomy 32:12The LORD alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.Both passages name God as Israel's leader; Deuteronomy adds that no foreign god shared that role.
Nehemiah 9:12Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.Both recall the same day-and-night guidance, with cloud leading Israel and fire lighting the way they should go.
Nehemiah 9:19yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; …Both remember God's continuing guidance through cloud and fire; Nehemiah names this care as mercy toward Israel in the wilderness.
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Israel's need for guidance did not end at sunset. God's leading continued through the night; the fire made his care visible in the wilderness.
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