21 (A)And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a [a]cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might go both by day and by night.

22 (B)He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 13:21 To defend them from the heat of the sun.

21 By day the Lord went ahead(A) of them in a pillar of cloud(B) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left(C) its place in front of the people.

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