35. Moses couldn’t enter the meeting tent because the cloud had settled on it, and the Lord’s glorious presence filled the dwelling.
36. Whenever the cloud rose from the dwelling, the Israelites would set out on their journeys.
37. But if the cloud didn’t rise, then they didn’t set out until the day it rose.
38. The Lord’s cloud stayed over the dwelling during the day, with lightning in it at night, clearly visible to the whole household of Israel at every stage of their journey.