21. Sometimes the ⌊column of⌋ smoke stayed only from evening until morning. When the smoke moved in the morning, they broke camp. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp.
22. Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the ⌊column of⌋ smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites would stay in the same place and not break camp. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp.
23. At the Lord’s command they set up camp, and at his command they broke camp. They obeyed the command that the Lord had given through Moses.