a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation
מוֹעֵ֑דmo.'Ed
H4150
properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
glory
וּכְב֣וֹדu.khe.Vod
H3519
properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh
H3068
Jehovah · proper noun, a title
filled
מָלֵ֖אma.Le'
H4390
to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽןha.mish.Kan
H4908
a residence (including a shepherd's hut · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
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Cross-references
Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven…
Numbers 9:15-23 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was…
2 Chronicles 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.
Exodus 14:19-20 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their…
Exodus 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, a…
Exodus 29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Revelation 21:23-24 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light the…
Exodus 13:21-22 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:34–end
As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God's dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. The shechinah, the divine eternal Word, though not yet made flesh, yet, as a prelude to that event, came and dwelt among them, Joh 1:14. This was henceforward the place of his throne, and the place of the soles of his feet (Eze 43:7); here he resided, here he ruled. By the visible tokens of God's coming among them to take possession of the tabernacle he testified both the return of his favour to them, which they had forfe…
a cloud--literally, "The cloud," the mystic cloud which was the well-known symbol of the Divine Presence. After remaining at a great distance from them on the summit of the mount, it appeared to be in motion; and if many among them had a secret misgiving about the issue, how the fainting heart would revive, the interest of the moment intensely increase, and the tide of joy swell in every bosom, when that symbolic cloud was seen slowly and majestically descending towards the plain below and covering the tabernacle. The entire and universal concealment of the tabernacle within the folds of an impervious cloud was not without a deep and instructive meaning; it was a protection to the sacred edi…
Then a cloud covered the tent - Thus God gave his approbation of the work; and as this was visible, so it was a sign to all the people that Jehovah was among them.
And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle - How this was manifested we cannot tell; it was probably by some light or brightness which was insufferable to the sight, for Moses himself could not enter in because of the cloud and the glory, Exo 40:35. Precisely the same happened when Solomon had dedicated his temple; for it is said that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord; Kg1 8:10, Kg1 8:11. Prev…
The Church Fathers
It is necessary to point out a truly remarkable thing, namely, that when the cloud came down and filled the tabernacle, a cloud called the glory of the Lord, Moses could not enter the tabernacle, he who entered the cloud where God was (Cf Ex 20,21), when he received the law for the first time. There is no doubt that he then represented one person and now another. Then he represented those who become partakers of the intimate truth of God. Now, to the Jews, who are opposed, like a cloud, to the glory of the Lord, who is in the tabernacle-which is the grace of Christ-and who does not understand it. And that is why Moses does not enter the tabernacle of the covenant. And we have to think that this happened only once, immediately that the tabernacle was erected, because of this meaning or any other. For the cloud was not always above the tabernacle, so that Moses could not enter there. For the cloud did not disappear, except when the sign was given to the Israelites to depart, to raise the camp from where they were and to approach where the cloud led them during the day, and to call it during the night (Cf Ex 13,21). And these two things also remained on the tabernacle, wherever they had set up the camp, that is, the cloud during the day and the flame during the night. QUESTION 177 Explanation of the tabernacle 1. Since the book of Exodus ends with the construction of the tabernacle, of which many things are also said in other places preceding the book itself, which present certain difficulties of comprehension, as is usually the case with every narrative on any subject of topography, it is To say, from the description of a place, it seemed to me opportune to speak separately of the whole tabernacle so that it is understood, as far as possible, what it was and what it was exactly, according to the property of the narration, omitting and leaving for another moment its figurative significance. Because we can not think that there was something that by God's will was done without having the meaning of some great mystery, whose knowledge does not contribute to the building up of faith and the formation of piety. 2. (Ex 26,1,6). God commanded Moses to make the tabernacle with ten tapestries of fine twisted linen, of hyacinth and purple and scarlet twine, and embroidered cherubs. Latinos translate by aulaea (tapestries, curtains) the Greek word aulaías, which…
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Dictionary and topics
Cloud — The Hebrew so rendered means “a covering,” because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10;…
Shechinah — A Chaldee word meaning resting-place, not found in Scripture, but used by the later Jews to designate the visible symbol of God’s presence in the tabernacle, and afterwards in Solomon’s temple. When…
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.…
Cloud Of Glory · Was designed to: Cover the tabernacle — Was designed to: Cover the tabernacle
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Tabernacle first set up — Tabernacle first set up
Sanctification · Tabernacle sanctified by God’ s presence — Tabernacle sanctified by God’ s presence
Tabernacle · Sanctified by the glory of the Lord — Sanctified by the glory of the Lord
Types Of Christ · Tabernacle — Tabernacle
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).
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation,.... The outside of it; this cloud was the same with the pillar of cloud that went before the Israelites, as soon almost as they came out of Egypt; and led them through the Red sea, and conducted them to Mount Sinai; only it now appeared in a different form, not erect as a pillar, but more expanded, so as to cover the tabernacle without:
and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle; the inside of it, not the most holy place only, but the holy place also: this was an uncommon brightness, lustre, and splendour, a glorious stream of light, which the eye of man could not well bear to behold; such a glory filled the temple of Solomon at the de…
Exodus 40:2.
On the first day of the first month I cannot at all approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all its parts before Moses went the second time into the Mount, we infer from the fact that the ark was then prepared in which the tables were deposited, as we shall see from the context. Besides, it has elsewhere [394] been shewn by sound arguments, as I think, that it was pitched without the camp in token of divorce, from the time that the people had made the calf. What, then, is the meaning of the setting-up which is now spoken of? I reply, that it is said to have been set up, when [395] it was bro…
