Exodus 33:7

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	וּמֹשֶׁה֩ u.mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
took	יִקַּ֨ח yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle	הָאֹ֜הֶל ha.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pitched	וְנָֽטָה ve.na.tah-	H5186	to stretch or spread out · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
without	מִח֣וּץ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
camp	לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה la.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
off	הַרְחֵק֙ har.Chek	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
called	וְקָ֥רָא ve.Ka.ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Tabernacle	אֹ֣הֶל 'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation	מוֹעֵ֑ד mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sought	מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ me.va.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
out	יֵצֵא֙ ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle	אֹ֣הֶל 'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation	מוֹעֵ֔ד mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
without	מִח֥וּץ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
camp	לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה La.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Exodus 29:42-43 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: wher…
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
2 Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for…
Psalms 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:7-11

Here is, I. One mark of displeasure put upon them for their further humiliation: Moses took the tabernacle, not his own tent for his family, but the tent wherein he gave audience, heard causes, and enquired of God, the guild-hall (as it were) of their camp, and pitched it without, afar off from the camp (Exo 33:7), to signify to them that they had rendered themselves unworthy of it, and that, unless peace was made, it would return to them no more. God would thus let them know that he was at variance with them: The Lord is far from the wicked. Thus the glory of the Lord departed from the temple when it was polluted with sin, Eze 10:4, Eze 11:23. Note, It is a sign that God is angry when he re…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:7

Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp--Not the tabernacle, of which a pattern had been given him, for it was not yet erected, but his own tent--conspicuous as that of the leader--in a part of which he heard cases and communed with God about the people's interests; hence called "the tabernacle of the congregation," and the withdrawal of which, in abhorrence from a polluted camp, was regarded as the first step in the total abandonment with which God had threatened them.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:7

Moses took the tabernacle - אה האהל eth haohel, the Tent; not את המשכן eth hammishcan, the tabernacle, the dwelling-place of Jehovah, see Exo 36:11, for this was not as yet erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the congregation came for judgment, and where, no doubt, God frequently met with his servant. This is now removed to a considerable distance from the camp, (two thousand cubits, according to the Talmudists), as God refuses to dwell any longer among this rebellious people. And as this was the place to which all the people came for justice and judgment, hence it was probably called the tabernacle, more properly the tent, of the…

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John Gill

The Church Fathers

Therefore did Jesus go forth out of the city, that you going out of this world may be above the world. Moses alone, who saw God, had his tabernacle without the camp when he talked with God; and the blood indeed of the victims which were offered for sin, was brought to the altar, but the bodies were burnt without the camp; for no one placed amidst the evil of this world can lay aside sin, nor is his blood accepted of God, except he go forth from the defilement of this body.
— Ambrose of Milan, Epistle 63.104

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Dictionary and topics

Moses — Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years…
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Tabernacle · Sinai — Sinai

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 33:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:7-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:7

Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:7

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 33:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:7-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:7

Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:7

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 33:7-6

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 33:7-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 33:7-11

Rashi on Exodus 33:7