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Exodus 14:19

And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (Holy Trinity);   Angel (a Spirit);   Cloud;   Egypt;   Egyptians;   Fire;   God Continued...;   Israel;   Miracles;   Prayer;   Readings, Select;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Angel;   Angels;   Cloud;   Fire;   Manifestations, Special Divine;   Ministering Angels;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Pillar of Cloud;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cloud of Glory;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Encamp;   Fire;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shechinah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Archangel;   Camp, Encampment;   Cloud, Pillar of;   Exodus, Book of;   Horseman;   Pillar;   Pillar of Cloud and Fire;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel of the Lord (Jahweh);   Exodus;   Red Sea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Israel, Israelite;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Migdol;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Ouches;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Encampment;   Fire;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cloud;   Red Sea;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Angel;   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Exodus, the Book of;   Go;   Moses;   Omnipresence;   Pillar;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Angels;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cloud, Pillar of;   Mekilta De-Rabbi Shim'on;   Moses;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 20;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisra'el, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
King James Version
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Lexham English Bible
And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the column of cloud set out ahead of them, and it stood still behind them,
New Century Version
Now the angel of God that usually traveled in front of Israel's army moved behind them. Also, the pillar of cloud moved from in front of the people and stood behind them.
New English Translation
The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
Amplified Bible
The angel of God, who had been going in front of the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of the cloud moved from in front and stood behind them.
New American Standard Bible
Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(And the Angel of God, which went before the hoste of Israel, remoued & went behinde them: also the pillar of the cloude went from before them, and stoode behinde them,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
Contemporary English Version
All this time God's angel had gone ahead of Israel's army, but now he moved behind them. A large cloud had also gone ahead of them,
Complete Jewish Bible
Next, the angel of God, who was going ahead of the camp of Isra'el, moved away and went behind them; and the column of cloud moved away from in front of them and stood behind them.
Darby Translation
And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the angel of God moved to the back of the people. (The angel was usually in front of the people, leading them.) So the tall cloud moved from in front of the people and went to the back of the people.
English Standard Version
Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of he cloud moved from before them and stood behind them:
Good News Translation
The angel of God, who had been in front of the army of Israel, moved and went to the rear. The pillar of cloud also moved until it was
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.
Literal Translation
And the Angel of God withdrew, the One going before the camp of Israel. And He went behind them. And the pillar of cloud withdrew from before them, and it stood behind them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then the angell of God yt wente before the armies of Israel, remoued, and gat him behynde them: and the cloudy piler remoued also from before them, and stode behinde the
American Standard Version
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
Bible in Basic English
Then 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:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angell of God which went before the hoast of Israel, remoued and went behynde them: and the pyller of the cloude went from before their face, and stoode behynde them,
King James Version (1611)
And the Angel of God which went before the campe of Israel, remoued and went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behinde them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.
English Revised Version
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
Berean Standard Bible
Then the Angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel of the Lord, that yede bifore the castellis of Israel, took hym silf, and yede bihynde hem; and the piler of cloude yede to gidir with hym, and lefte the formere thingis aftir the bak,
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,
Update Bible Version
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
World English Bible
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
New King James Version
And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
New Living Translation
Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them.
New Life Bible
Then the Angel of God, who had been going in front of the army of Israel, moved and went behind them. The cloud moved from the front of them and stood behind them.
New Revised Standard
The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the messenger of God who was going on before the camp of Israel removed, and came on behind them, - and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removing, went behind them: and together with him the pillar of the cloud, leaving the forepart,
Revised Standard Version
Then the angel of God who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
THE MESSAGE
The angel of G od that had been leading the camp of Israel now shifted and got behind them. And the Pillar of Cloud that had been in front also shifted to the rear. The Cloud was now between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. The Cloud enshrouded one camp in darkness and flooded the other with light. The two camps didn't come near each other all night.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

Contextual Overview

15 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Wherefore criest thou unto Me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will get Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten Me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.' 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them; 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near the other all the night.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Exodus 14:24, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:21, Exodus 32:34, Numbers 20:16, Isaiah 63:9

and the pillar: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:34 - a cloud Numbers 9:15 - the cloud Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire Joshua 3:13 - the soles Judges 2:1 - And an angel 1 Chronicles 21:16 - saw the angel Nehemiah 9:12 - thou leddest Psalms 35:5 - and Psalms 77:20 - General Psalms 78:53 - so that Isaiah 4:5 - a cloud Isaiah 52:12 - for Isaiah 58:8 - the glory Luke 9:34 - there Acts 7:35 - by 1 Corinthians 10:1 - were

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 14:7
And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat--the same is Kadesh--and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 14:9
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
Genesis 27:4
and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.'
Genesis 47:7
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Angel of God which went before the camp of Israel,.... The Jews say y this was Michael, the great prince, who became a wall of fire between Israel and the Egyptians; and if they understood by him the uncreated angel, the eternal Word, the Son of God, who is always in Scripture meant by Michael, they are right: for certainly this Angel of the Lord is the same with Jehovah, who is said to go before them in a pillar of cloud and fire, Exodus 13:21:

removed, and went behind them; but because removing from place to place, and going forwards or backwards, cannot be properly said of a divine Person, who is omnipresent, and fills every place and space; this is to be understood of the emblem of him, the pillar of cloud, as the next clause explains it:

and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them; the Targum of Jonathan adds,

"because of the Egyptians, who cast arrows and stones, and the cloud received them;''

and so Jarchi; whereby the Israelites were protected and preserved from receiving any hurt by them: so Christ is the protection of his people from all their enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, that sin cannot damn them, nor Satan destroy them, nor the world overcome them; for his salvation is as walls and bulwarks to them, and he is indeed a wall of fire about them.

y Pirke Eliezer, c. 42.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The angel of God - Compare the margin reference, and see Exodus 3:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 14:19. The angel of God — It has been thought by some that the angel, i.e., messenger, of the Lord, and the pillar of cloud, mean here the same thing. An angel might assume the appearance of a cloud; and even a material cloud thus particularly appointed might be called an angel or messenger of the Lord, for such is the literal import of the word מלאך malach, an angel. It is however most probable that the Angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus, appeared on this occasion in behalf of the people; for as this deliverance was to be an illustrious type of the deliverance of man from the power and guilt of sin by his incarnation and death, it might have been deemed necessary, in the judgment of Divine wisdom, that he should appear chief agent in this most important and momentous crisis. On the word angel, and Angel of the covenant, Genesis 16:7; "Genesis 18:13"; and "Exodus 3:2".


 
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