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Exodus 33:10

in Exodus 33

When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door.

KJV

And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

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This verse in Exodus 33

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus must we worship God in our tents with an eye to Christ as the Mediator. Their worshipping in their tent doors declared plainly that they were not ashamed publicly to own their respect to God and Moses, as they had publicly worshipped the calf. God was, in Moses, reconciling Israel to himself, and manifested himself very willing to be at peace.

This site's exposition

as Moses entered into the tabernacle

on Exodus 33:9-10

The cloudy pillar that led the march at 13:21 and stood between the two armies at 14:19 comes down and takes its place at a tent door. The people worship from where they are, every man in his own tent door, which is as near as this chapter lets them come. The width of the whole camp lies between the pillar at that door and the people at theirs.

This site's exposition

they would stand up and worship

Matthew Henry notes that the people who had worshipped the calf in public now worship the LORD in public, each man at his own door. Albert Barnes reads it as further proof of penitence. Adam Clarke notes that every eye in the camp saw the cloud descend.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The tabernacle door - The entrance of the tent. The people by their act of worship gave another proof of their penitence.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

This took place after what is reported in the section beginning with the words, See, Thou sayest unto me (v.
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Exodus 33:10:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְרָאָ֤הand it saw

    veraahH7200 →1300 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָם֙the people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַמּ֣וּד[the] pillar of

    ʾamudH5982 →111 times

  • הֶֽעָנָ֔ן<the> cloud

    heananH6051 →87 times

  • עֹמֵ֖דstanding

    ʾomedH5975 →521 times

  • פֶּ֣תַח[the] opening of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • הָאֹ֑הֶלthe tent

    haohelH168 →345 times

  • וְקָ֤םand it arose

    vekamH6965 →628 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָם֙the people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֔וּand they bowed down

    vehishtachavuH7812 →172 times

  • אִ֖ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • פֶּ֥תַח[the] opening of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • אָהֳלֽוֹ׃tent his

    ʾoholoH168 →345 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 18:13

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

    it leads to

    • 1 John 1:8–10

      If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    • Ezra 9:6

      and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

    • 1 Timothy 1:15

      This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

    • Psalms 41:4

      I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

    • Hebrews 8:12

      For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

  • Through

    Exodus 4:31

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 3:18

      The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with…

    • Exodus 12:27

      you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the…

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:22

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

    it leads to

    • Ezra 9:5

      At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 33 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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