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the tabernacle was set up
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the Levites set up the tabernacle" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
the tent of the covenant decrees
This is another name for the tabernacle. See how you translated the phrase "the tabernacle of the covenant decrees" in Numbers 1:50.
It appeared like fire until morning
This refers to the cloud's appearance during the night. Here the cloud is compared to looking like a fire. AT: "During the night the cloud looked like a huge fire until morning" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
It continued that way
It may be helpful to explain that this refers to the cloud being over the tabernacle. AT: "The cloud remained this way over the tabernacle" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
appeared like fire at night
The cloud's appearance is compared to a huge fire. AT: "it looked like a huge fire at night" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
the cloud was taken up
This can be stated in active form. AT: "moved" or "Yahweh took up the cloud" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
the cloud stopped
"the cloud stopped moving"