Exodus 40:35
in Exodus 40Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
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ASV
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
KJV
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
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This verse in Exodus 40
Commentary
4 notes on this verseWith these the tabernacle was now filled, yet, as before the bush was not consumed, so now the curtains were not so much as singed by this fire; for to those that have received the anointing the terrible majesty of God is not destroying.
This site's exposition
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation
on Exodus 40:34-35
At Exodus 33:18 Moses asked to be shewn the glory and was set in a cleft of the rock to see the back parts of it. Here the glory fills a tent in the middle of the camp and Moses cannot get in. The man who went into the thick darkness at 20:21 and into the cloud on the mount at 24:18 stands outside a structure he has just finished. 1 Kings 8:10-11 reports the same thing at the dedication of the temple, where the priests could not stand to minister because the cloud filled the house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He was able to enter into the holy place not made with hands ( Heb. ix. 24 ); nay, he is himself the true tabernacle, filled with the glory of God ( John i. 14 ), even with the divine grace and truth prefigured by this fire and light.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,....
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָכֹ֣ל | yakhol | he was able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לָבוֹא֙ | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֔ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שָׁכַ֥ן | shakhan | it had settled down | H7931 → | 129 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | over it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הֶעָנָ֑ן | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | 87 times |
| וּכְב֣וֹד | ukhevod | and [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מָלֵ֖א | male' | it had filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָכֹ֣לhe was able
yakholH3201 →194 times
מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לָבוֹא֙to go
lavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֔דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שָׁכַ֥ןit had settled down
shakhanH7931 →129 times
עָלָ֖יוover it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הֶעָנָ֑ןthe cloud
heananH6051 →87 times
וּכְב֣וֹדand [the] glory of
ukhevodH3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מָלֵ֖אit had filled
male'H4390 →249 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃the tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 6:4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
it leads to
- Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 15:8
Through
Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:10–12
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar…
- Hebrews 10:19–20
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- Hebrews 9:25
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- Hebrews 9:7–8
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- 1 Kings 8:10–12
Through
1 Kings 8:11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:4
Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
- Ezekiel 43:4–5
and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
- Ezekiel 44:4
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This page draws on 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.