Exodus 40:36-37

40:36 But when the cloud was lifted up ¹  from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out ²  on all their journeys; 40:37 but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. ³ 

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¹ tn The construction uses the Niphal infinitive construct to form the temporal clause.

² tn The imperfect tense in this context describes a customary action.

³ tn The clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct in the temporal clause: “until the day of its being taken up.”