Teks -- Numbers 9:18 (NET)

9:18 At the commandment of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Num 9:18

The motion or stay of the cloud is fitly called the command of God, because it was a signification of God's will and their duty.

Calvin: Num 9:18 - At the commandment of the Lord

18.At the commandment of the Lord ² The mouth is here used by metonymy for the speech; nor does there appear to me to be so much harshness in the Hebraism, but that it may be appropriately retained. But it is asked whether God actually spoke or not; for the word mouth is often repeated. It is indeed likely that Moses was instructed but once what was meant by the removal or remaining of the cloud; yet I doubt not but that the name of word, or commandment, was given to the sign, inasmuch as God speaks as much to the eyes by outward signs as He does to the ears by His voice. Still, from this mode of expression we may gather that the use of signs ³ is perverted and nullified, unless they are taken to be visible doctrine, as Augustin writes. The repetition, which certainly has no little force, shows how worthy this is of observation.

TSK: Num 9:18 - and at the // as long as

and at the : Num 9:20, Num 10:13; Exo 17:1; 2Jo 1:6

as long as : 1Co 10:1; There is no time lost, while we are waiting God’ s time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him when we are called to it.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Num 9:18

The motion or stay of the cloud is fitly called the command of God, because it was a signification of God’ s will and their duty, which a command properly is.

Gill: Num 9:18 - At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed // and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched // as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, they rested in their tents

At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed,.... Or "mouth of the Lord"; not that there was any command in form given, or any audible voice heard, directing when to march; but the removal of the cloud was interpretatively the order and command of God for them to move also:

and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched; their tents; when the cloud stopped, they understood that as a signal to them, as a token of the will of God that they should stop likewise; it was to them as an authoritative command, which they obeyed:

as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, they rested in their tents; whether a longer or a shorter time, as is after expressed.