In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
By day. Literally, "of the day. "(Haydock)
But this is the real import of the Greek. The same cloud (Calmet) was both luminous and obscure. When the light side was turned towards Israel, the Egyptians were in darkness. (Haydock)
The eternal Son of God guided this pillar, and the Israelites tempted him, (ver. 18., and 1 Corinthians x., and Exodus xiii. 21.; Berthier) forgetting their baptism or initiation in the service of God. (Haydock)
