Deuteronomy 31:15
New International Version
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

New Living Translation
And the LORD appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance to the sacred tent.

English Standard Version
And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud. And the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

King James Bible
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

New King James Version
Now the LORD appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle.

New American Standard Bible
And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.

NASB 1995
The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent.

NASB 1977
And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood beside the doorway of the tent.

Christian Standard Bible
the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH was revealed in the Time Tabernacle in a pillar of cloud and the pillar of cloud stood in the door of the Tabernacle.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

Contemporary English Version
and the LORD appeared in a thick cloud right over the entrance to the tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord appeared there in the pillar of a cloud, which stood in the en try of the tabernacle.

English Revised Version
And the LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the LORD appeared in a column of smoke at the entrance to the tent.

Good News Translation
and the LORD appeared to them there in a pillar of cloud that stood by the door of the Tent.

International Standard Version
So the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the entrance.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

Literal Standard Version
and YHWH is seen in the tent in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stands at the opening of the tent.

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

New American Bible
And the LORD appeared at the tent in a column of cloud; the column of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.

NET Bible
The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent.

New Revised Standard Version
and the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud; the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

World English Bible
Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah is seen in the tent, in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God Commissions Joshua
14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting. 15Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. 16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.…

Cross References
Exodus 33:9
As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, "You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 33:9,10
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses…

Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Psalm 99:7
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

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Deuteronomy 31
1. Moses encourages the people
7. He encourages Joshua
9. He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year
14. God gives a charge to Joshua
19. and a song to testify against the people
24. Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep
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Verse 15. - The Lord appeared... in a pillar of a cloud (cf. Exodus 33:9; Exodus 40:38; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 12:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

appeared
וַיֵּרָ֧א (way·yê·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

at the tent
בָּאֹ֖הֶל (bā·’ō·hel)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent

in a pillar
בְּעַמּ֣וּד (bə·‘am·mūḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform

of cloud,
עָנָ֑ן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

and the cloud
הֶעָנָ֖ן (he·‘ā·nān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

stood
וַיַּעֲמֹ֛ד (way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the entrance
פֶּ֥תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

to the tent.
הָאֹֽהֶל׃ (hā·’ō·hel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent


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