CLOUD
PILLAR OF, the miraculous token of the divine presence and care, Exodus 14:24; Exodus 1:16 Numbers 12:5, which guided the Israelites in the desert; it was a means of protection and perhaps of shade by day, and gave them light by night, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 1:13; Exodus 1:14, Exodus 1:14. by it God directed their movements, Numbers 1:9-23; Numbers 1:14; Deuteronomy 1:33. See Isa 4:5.