SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:33
el cual iba delante de vosotros por el camino, para reconoceros el lugar donde habíais de asentar el campamento, con fuego de noche para mostraros el camino por donde anduvieseis, y con nube de día.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 33. Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in , etc.] For when the cloud was taken up they journeyed, and when that rested, there they pitched their tents; and hereby they were directed to places the most convenient for water for them and their flocks, or for safety from those that might annoy them: in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go ; which otherwise they could not have found in dark nights, in which they sometimes travelled, and in, a wilderness where there were no tracks, no beaten path, no common way: and in a cloud by day ; to shelter them from the scorching sun, where there were no trees nor hedges to shade them, only rocky crags and hills.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-46 - Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows ho near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God befor them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a good land. And was there any caus to distrust this God? An unbelieving heart was at the bottom of all this. All disobedience to God's laws, and distrust of his power an goodness, flow from disbelief of his word, as all true obedienc springs from faith. It is profitable for us to divide our past live into distinct periods; to give thanks to God for the mercies we have received in each, to confess and seek the forgiveness of all the sin we can remember; and thus to renew our acceptance of God's salvation and our surrender of ourselves to his service. Our own plans seldo avail to good purpose; while courage in the exercise of faith, and in the path of duty, enables the believer to follow the Lord fully, to disregard all that opposes, to triumph over all opposition, and to tak firm hold upon the promised blessings __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ההלך 1980 לפניכם 6440 בדרך 1870 לתור 8446 לכם מקום 4725 לחנתכם 2583 באשׁ 784 לילה 3915 לראתכם 7200 בדרך 1870 אשׁר 834 תלכו 1980 בה ובענן 6051 יומם׃ 3119
