Exodus 40:34

Then the tall bright cloud covered the Sacred Tent, and Yahweh’s ◄glory/brilliant light► filled the Sacred Tent.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

In Context

33Following Moses’/my instructions, they hung the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses/I finished that work.

35Because that light was very bright, Moses/I was not able to enter the Sacred Tent.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:19Then the angel of God, who had been in front of the Israeli people, moved and went behind them. The tall bright cloud that had been in front of them also moved behind them,

Exodus 16:10So Aaron told them that. And as Aaron was talking to all the Israeli people, they looked toward the desert, and were surprised to see the ◄dazzling light/incredible brightness► of Yahweh in the cloud that had been leading them.

Exodus 25:21Put inside the chest the stone slabs that I will give you. Then fasten the lid onto the top of the chest.

Exodus 33:9When Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent, the tall cloud that looked like a fire would come down and stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses/me.

Numbers 9:15On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose the next day, the cloud resembled a huge fire. And that is what happened every day that we/the Israelis were in the desert.

1 Kings 8:11It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:17-34

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the… Read the whole commentary →

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