Psalms 105:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

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  • Neh 9:12 : 12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.
  • Ps 78:14 : 14 In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.
  • Isa 4:5 : 5 And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;
  • 1 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea; 2 And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
  • Neh 9:19 : 19 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.
  • Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night: 22 The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.
  • Exod 14:24 : 24 And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;
  • Num 9:15-22 : 15 And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in the evening there was a light like fire over the House till the morning. 16 And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents. 18 At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place. 19 When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on. 20 Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on. 21 And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward. 22 Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

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    84%

    13The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

    14In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    80%

    40At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

    41His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.

  • Exod 14:19-21
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    79%

    19Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:

    20And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

    21And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

  • Neh 9:12
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    12And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

  • Exod 40:37-38
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    37But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

    38For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

  • Exod 13:21-22
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    78%

    21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:

    22The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.

  • Num 9:15-17
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    77%

    15And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in the evening there was a light like fire over the House till the morning.

    16And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night.

    17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

  • Ps 105:32
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    32He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

  • Deut 1:33
    75%

    33Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Ps 105:38
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    38Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

  • Neh 9:19
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    19Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

  • Exod 14:24
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    24And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

  • Ps 105:28
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    28He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

  • 2 Sam 22:12-13
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    12And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    13Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

  • Exod 9:23
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    23And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.

  • Num 11:9
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    9When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.

  • Exod 40:34
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    34Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

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    13And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

  • Num 10:34
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    34And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

  • Ps 78:27-28
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    27He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

    28And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

  • Job 36:32
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    32He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

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    7And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

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    71%

    21And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

  • Num 14:14
    70%

    14And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 40:19
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    19Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Job 36:30
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    30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

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    24And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

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    3Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

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    9When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

  • Exod 10:21-22
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    21And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

    22And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

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    9By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

  • Neh 9:15
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    15And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

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    11The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

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    17And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

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    7His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

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    25Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.

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    9By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.