Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of the LORD they traveled.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. For, and so forth Hebrew “and so it was when the cloud was days of number upon the tabernacle; by the mouth of the Lord they staid in their tents,” and so forth Days of number, yamim mispar, most probably means a few days; (see Deuteronomy 4:27,) though Louis de Dieu would translate “a full year;” as yamim, according to him, signifies, verse 22. It is understood, however, by others, to denote a week, a month, a year, or an indeterminate number of days. Genesis 24:55.