John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 9:18
At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed ,.... Or "mouth of the Lord"; not that there was any command in form given, or any audible voice heard, directing when to march; but the removal of the cloud was interpretatively the order and command of God for them to move also: and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched ; their tents; when the cloud stopped, they understood that as a signal to them, as a token of the will of God that they should stop likewise; it was... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 9:15-23
We have here the history of the cloud; not a natural history: who knows the balancings of the clouds? but a divine history of a cloud that was appointed to be the visible sign and symbol of God's presence with Israel. I. When the tabernacle was finished this cloud, which before had hung on high over their camp, settled upon the tabernacle, and covered it, to show that God manifests his presence with his people in and by his ordinances; there he makes himself known, and to them we must look if... read more