^{19 Ref} 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.

^{20 Ref} And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

^{21 Ref} Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.