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Ramban on Numbers 10:33/רמב"ן על במדבר י׳:ל״ג
אוַיִּסְעוּ מֵהַר ה' דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים – עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַפְּשָׁט, נָסַע הֶעָנָן וְהָלַךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים, וְהָאָרוֹן הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הֶעָנָן לִפְנֵי הָעָם, וְלֹא שָׁכַן בְּמָקוֹם עַד יוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בָּעֶרֶב שֶׁשָּׁכַן הֶעָנָן בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן, וְשָׁם מָקוֹם טוֹב לַחֲנוֹתָם. וְזֶה טַעַם ״לָתוּר לָהֶם מְנוּחָה״. וּבִשְׁכֹּן הֶעָנָן הֵקִימוּ הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהֵבִיאוּ שָׁם הָאָרוֹן, וְלֹא נִתְפָּרֵשׁ אִם הָלְכוּ גַּם בַּלַּיְלָה:
1AND THEY SET FORWARD FROM THE MOUNT OF THE ETERNAL THREE DAYS’ JOURNEY. According to the plain meaning of Scripture, the cloud [of the Eternal] journeyed and went before them for three days and the ark followed the cloud in front of the people, and it did not come to rest in that place until the night of the third day, when the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran,140 which was a good place for them to camp in. This is the sense of [the expression] to seek out a resting-place for them.141 And when the cloud rested they erected the Tabernacle and brought the ark into it. Scripture, however, did not explain whether they also journeyed at night.