According to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed , and according to the commandment of Jehovah they [remained] encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped .. This sentence is hard to understand. A simpler version with equivalent meaning is the following:
According to the word of the LORD , the children of Israel went , and according to his word they encamped . As long as the cloud remained on the apartment , they remained silent .