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Psalm 99:7
He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
5Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
8You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
9Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the LORD, our God, is holy!
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The pillar of cloud draws attention, while the second sentence turns toward the people’s response: they kept the testimonies God had given them.
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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 …The pillar of cloud marks God’s presence in both passages: he leads his people in Exodus and speaks to them in the psalm.
Exodus 33:9When Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and the LORD spoke with Moses.Both passages join the pillar of cloud with God speaking; Exodus names Moses and locates the encounter at the Tent’s door.
Numbers 12:5The LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.Both passages describe God speaking from a pillar of cloud, with Numbers naming Aaron and Miriam as those he called forward.
Psalm 103:7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.Both psalms recall God making himself known to his people through his ways, deeds, or spoken testimonies.
Psalm 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.Keeping God’s testimonies and refusing to rebel against his words share the thread of obedience to what God says.
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to …Both passages connect statutes given under God’s authority with the people’s obedience to those statutes.
Exodus 24:16The LORD’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.God speaks from a cloud in both passages; Exodus locates his call to Moses on Mount Sinai.
Hebrews 3:2who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.Hebrews names Moses as faithful, while the psalm’s surrounding lines name him among those who called on God and kept his testimonies.
Exodus 19:9The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told …Both passages connect a cloud with God’s speech; Exodus explains that the people would hear him speaking with Moses.
1 John 3:21–22Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;The link is broad: both concern people’s relation to God, though John speaks of boldness and the psalm recounts speech and obedience.
Numbers 11:25The LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, …Both passages recall God speaking in the cloud; Numbers also describes the Spirit resting on seventy elders.
Deuteronomy 31:15The LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door.The pillar of cloud marks God’s presence in both passages, with Deuteronomy placing it over the Tent’s door.
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The cloud is striking, yet God’s words are the heart of the encounter. He spoke to his people and gave them a statute to keep.
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