It may be helpful to explain that this refers to the cloud being over the tabernacle. Alternate translation: "The cloud remainedthis way over the tabernacle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
The cloud's appearance is compared to a huge fire. Alternate translation: "it looked like a huge fire at night" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])