Num 9:20 | NETfull | STEP | When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord ’s commandment, and according to the Lord ’s commandment they would journey.

Numbers 9:20

20 When ^{▼▼ The sentence uses וְיֵשׁ (v^eyesh) followed by a noun clause introduced with אֲשֶׁר (’asher) to express an existing situation; it is best translated as an adverbial clause of time: “and it was when the cloud was….”} the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ^{▼▼ The word “number” is in apposition to the word “days” to indicate that their stay was prolonged for quite a few days.} they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ^{▼▼ Heb “mouth of the Lord.”} and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.