1. During the first month of Israel's second year in the Sinai Desert, the Lord had told Moses
2. to say to the people, “Celebrate Passover
3. in the evening of the fourteenth day of this month and do it by following all the regulations.”
15-16. As soon as the sacred tent was set up, a thick cloud appeared and covered it. The cloud was there each day, and during the night, a fire could be seen in it.
17-19. The Lord used this cloud to tell the Israelites when to move their camp and where to set it up again. As long as the cloud covered the tent, the Israelites did not break camp. But when the cloud moved, they followed it, and wherever it stopped, they camped and stayed there,
20-22. whether it was only one night, a few days, a month, or even a year. As long as the cloud remained over the tent, the Israelites stayed where they were. But when the cloud moved, so did the Israelites.