Exodus 33:7

Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought LORD went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside

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In The King James Version

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

In Context

6And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

8And it came to pass, when Moses went out to 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.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29But from there ye shall seek LORD thy God. And thou shall find him when thou search after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Psalms 10:1Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Psalms 35:22Thou have seen it, O LORD. Keep not silence. O LORD, be not far from me.

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near.

Hosea 9:12Though they bring up their sons, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Hebrews 13:11For of the beasts whose blood is brought into the holy things for sin by the high priest, the bodies of these are burned outside the camp.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:2-7

The Israelites Reproved. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for… Read the whole commentary →

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