Exodus 13:20-22. The pillar of fire by night remained with them until they reached the promised land. The pillar of fire was a symbol of divine guidance and was also God’s way of supplying light for his people during the night.
The pillar of fire by night and cloud by day stayed with the Israelites from leaving Egypt until arriving in the promised land, a period of about thirty-eight years.
The pillar of fire produced enough light so they could travel by night. Traveling by night is cooler.
The pillar of light must have had some unusual properties to enable over three million people and stock to see where they were traveling at night.
Background Reading:
Pillar of Fire by night
13:20 They left Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the desert. 21 The LORD went in front of them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so they could travel both day and night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
Exodus 13:20-22
Other slides in this module:
- Life of Moses – Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
- 300-year gap between Joseph and Moses
- First 40 years of the life of Moses
- Thutmose I, the Pharaoh or king of Egypt
- Miriam kept eye on Moses after he had been placed as a baby in a boat
- Second 40 years of the life of Moses
- God spoke to Moses out of a burning bush
- Moses was asked to take off his sandals by God
- The third 40 years of the life of Moses
- Aaron’s Staff becomes a Snake
- The ten plagues of Egypt
- 1st Plague – Blood
- 2nd Plague – Frogs
- 3rd Plague – Lice or Gnats
- 4th Plague – Dung beetles
- 5th Plague – Pestilence
- 6th Plague – Boils
- 7th plague – Nut – Egyptian Goddess of the Sky
- 8th Plague – Locust
- Ninth plague – Darkness
- Tenth plague – Firstborn die
- Passover commemorates the Exodus from Egypt
- Moses the friend of God
- Pillar of Cloud by Day
- Pillar of fire by night
- The Chariots of the Egyptian army
- Moses crosses the Red Sea
- Moses’ older sister Miriam sings a song
- Waters of Marah and Elim
- Manna means ‘What Is It?’
- Water from The Rock at Massah
- Moses at Mount Sinai
- The Ten Commandments or Ten Words of God
- The Three groups of Annual Feasts of God
- The Festival of Passover
- The Festival of Unleavened Bread
- The Festival of First Fruits
- The Festival of Weeks or Pentecost
- The Festival of Trumpets or Feast of Shofars
- The Fast of Yom Kippur
- The Festival of Tabernacles
- The Weekly Sabbath Festival
- The Golden Calf, the idol made by Aaron
- Moses with the New Stone Tablets
- 1st five of the Ten Commandments
- 2nd five of the Ten Commandments
- Ark of God
- The High Priest of Israel
- Tabernacle of God
- Aaron and Miriam oppose Moses
- Exploring Canaan by 12 spies
- 37 years in the wilderness
- Aaron’s Rod that budded
- Speak to the Rock “Give Water”
- Death of Aaron
- The Bronze Snake
- Balak Summons Balaam
- Six cities of Refuge for Israel
- Daughters of Zelophehad
- Moses Blesses the Tribes with Three Sermons
- Moses lived for 120 years
- Caleb was the son of Jephunneh
- Joshua – The Fall of Jericho
- Questions and Answers 1-16
- Questions and Answers 17-32
- Questions and Answers 33-49
- Time Line for Life of Moses
- Next Module – Judges or rulers of Israel
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – Introduction
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – PASSOVER
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – UNLEAVENED BREAD
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – FIRSTFRUITS
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – PENTECOST
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – FEAST OF TRUMPETS
- A Fast – YOM KIPPUR
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – TABERNACLES
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – Weekly Sabbath
- 7 Feasts and a Fast – Other Information
- Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah (The Day of the Sounding of Shofar)
- Yom Kippur, means “Day of Atonement”
- The Jewish Festival of Sukkot
- Background Information – Life of Moses
- Resources – Life of Moses