Exodus 40:35
Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
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In Context
34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
36Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.
Cross References
Exodus 29:43I will meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be made holy by my glory.
Numbers 9:15The cloud covered the Tent of the Testimony (the Tabernacle) on the day that it was set up, and looked like fire above it from evening until the morning.
1 Kings 8:11Due to the cloud, the priests could not stay there to carry out their service, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's Temple.
2 Chronicles 7:2The priests couldn't enter the Temple of the Lord because the Lord's glory filled the Lord's Temple.
Isaiah 6:4The sound of their shouts made the doorposts and doorsteps shake, and the Temple was filled with smoke.
Ezekiel 43:4The glory of the Lord entered the Temple through the east gate.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:35-38
The Tabernacle Filled with Glory. ( b. c. 1491.) 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 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. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken… Read the whole commentary →