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.

¹⁹ When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order^(A) and did not set out.^(B)