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Exodus 29:42

in Exodus 29

For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.

KJV

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

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This verse in Exodus 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, All that are to be employed for God are to be sanctified to him. The person must first be accepted, and then the performance. The Hebrew phrase for consecrating is filling the hand (

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This site's exposition

For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly

on Exodus 29:42-43

The tent is given its purpose in one clause, “where I will meet you to speak with you”. Verse 43 promises the place “will be consecrated by My glory,” and Exodus 40:34 reports it when the cloud covers the tent.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations,....

The words behind it

15 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.

  • עֹלַ֤תa burnt offering of

    ʾolatH5930 →287 times

  • תָּמִיד֙continuity

    tamidH8548 →104 times

  • לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םto generations your

    ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times

  • פֶּ֥תַח[the] entrance of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • אֹֽהֶל־[the] tent of

    ʾohel-H168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵ֖דmeeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhere

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אִוָּעֵ֤דI will meet

    ʾivaedH3259 →29 times

  • לָכֶם֙<to> <the> you

    lakhem

  • שָׁ֔מָּהthere <towards>

    shamahH8033 →834 times

  • לְדַבֵּ֥רto speak

    ledaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֵלֶ֖יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • שָֽׁם׃there

    shamH8033 →834 times

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

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 1:3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.6 worksExodus 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.5 worksLeviticus 1:1Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,3 worksNumbers 28:7The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.3 worksExodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.2 worksEzekiel 46:15Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’2 works

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

    Exodus 25:22

    And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 29:42–43

      For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

    • Numbers 7:89

      When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony.…

    • Isaiah 37:16

      “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

    • 2 Kings 19:15

      And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

    • Psalms 80:1

      Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

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 29 →

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.

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