Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 9:15:
- Kupsabiny: “On the day when the Tent of God was raised, a cloud came and stood still over that Tent. And in the night, there was something like fire that stood still at that Tent until the morning. (They) were doing like that always.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the day that the Tent of the Covenant, which was called the Tabernacle was set up, a cloud came and covered it. From the time of sundown until morning this cloud above the Holy Tent looked like fire.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the day that the Tent Worship-Place where the Law was-place was set-up, the cloud covered/engulfed it. From evening until morning the cloud that looks-like fire shines.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose the next day, the cloud resembled a huge fire. And that is what happened every day that we/the Israelis were in the desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
