TSK · Exodus 40:38

He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night.

I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.