Numbers 9:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 9:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 9:16 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 9:16 — KJV
“So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.”
— Numbers 9:16 (KJV)
Numbers 9:16 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 9:16
“And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:16: cloud, day, fire
“He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:16: cloud, day, fire
“For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:16: cloud, day, fire
“Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:16: cloud, day, fire
“Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 9:16: cloud, day, fire
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