Happy people to be so divinely guided! They could never tell when they would have to be on the move; they had no abiding city.

When their te…

At the commandment of the Lord.² The mouth is here used by metonymy for speech; nor does the Hebraism seem to me so ha…

At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel
journeyed
Or "mouth of the Lord…

This cloud was appointed to be the visible sign and symbol of God's presence with Israel. Thus we are taught to see God always near us, both night …