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Exodus 33:8

in Exodus 33

Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.

KJV

And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

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This verse in Exodus 33

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

pitch it at a distance outside the camp

on Exodus 33:7-8

Moses pitches a tent at a distance outside the camp and gives it the name the tabernacle will carry. The whole people stand at their tent doors watching Moses go, so whoever sought the LORD walked out in public view.

This site's exposition

watch Moses until he entered the tent

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown picture every eye in the camp fixed on the tent, anxious for any sign of hope. Matthew Henry sees the believer here, following Christ by faith into the presence of God. Hebrews 9:24 places Christ there for His people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And it came to pass, when Moses went out of the tabernacle,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And we must with an eye of faith follow him likewise thither, where he is appearing in the presence of God for us; then shall we have the benefit of his mediation. (2.) When they saw the cloudy pillar, that symbol of God's presence, give Moses the meeting, they all worshipped, every man at his tent door,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door--Its removal produced deep and universal consternation; and it is easy to conceive how anxiously all eyes would be directed towards it; how rapidly the happy intelligence would spread, when a phenomenon was witnessed from which an encouraging hope could be founded.

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The words behind it

18 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.

  • וְהָיָ֗הand it was

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • כְּצֵ֤אתwhen went out

    ketzetH3318 →1067 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָאֹ֔הֶלthe tent

    haohelH168 →345 times

  • יָק֙וּמוּ֙they arose

    yakumuH6965 →628 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֔םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • וְנִ֨צְּב֔וּand they stood

    venitzevuH5324 →75 times

  • אִ֖ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • פֶּ֣תַח[the] opening of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • אָהֳל֑וֹtent his

    ʾoholoH168 →345 times

  • וְהִבִּ֙יטוּ֙and they looked

    vehibituH5027 →

  • אַחֲרֵ֣יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • בֹּא֖וֹwent he

    booH935 →2568 times

  • הָאֹֽהֱלָה׃the tent towards

    haohelahH168 →345 times

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

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    Numbers 16:27

    So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 28:14

      Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

    • Proverbs 16:18

      Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

    • Proverbs 18:12

      Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

    • Job 9:4

      God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

    • Job 40:10–11

      Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 33 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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