Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
Exodus 40:36-38
Exodus 40
Exodus 40:36-38
36. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
36. Quum recederet nubes a tabernaculo, proficiscebantur filii Israel in cunctis profectionibus suis:
37. But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
37. Quod si non recederet nubes, non proficiscebantur usque ad diem qua recedebat.
38. 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.
38. Quia nubes Jehovae erat super tabernaculum interdiu, ignis vero noctu in eo, coram oculis totius domus Israel, in cunctis profectionibus eorum.
38. For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle. Moses more distinctly explains what he had said generally respecting the cloud, viz., that by night a fiery column appeared, because the cloud would not have been visible