Exodus 13:22 - Exposition

He took not away . The last distinct mention of the cloud is in Numbers 16:42 , after the destruction of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. There is perhaps a later allusion to it in Numbers 20:6 . In Nehemiah it is said that "the pillar of the cloud departed not from them," so long as they were in the wilderness ( Nehemiah 9:19 ); and the same is implied, though not formally stated, in Numbers 9:15-23 . There is no mention of the pillar of the cloud as still with the Israelites in the Book of Joshua. Probably it was last seen on the journey from Beth-jesimoth to Abel-Shittim in the rich Jordan valley ( Numbers 33:49 ).