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.

³⁶ And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

³⁷ But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

⁸ I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

⁴ And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

⁵ Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

⁶ In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

¹⁰ Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

⁷ Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

²⁰ You were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

²⁴ Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

¹⁴ Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.

³ You have been journeying round this mountain long enough: now go to the north;

⁴ And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

⁶ The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

⁷ Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

²¹ He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.

²² It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

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.

²⁰ All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.

⁵⁴ So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

¹⁶ And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.

⁴² The children of Israel did everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.