Exodus 33:7

And, Moses, proceeded to take a tent, and pitch it by itself outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and he called it, The Tent of Meeting,—and so it came to pass that whosoever was seeking Yahweh went out unto the tent of meeting, which was on the outside of the camp.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6So then the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, [and moved on] from Mount Horeb.

8And it came about, that, when Moses went out unto the tent, all the people used to rise up, and station themselves every man at the opening of his tent,—and they watched Moses, until he entered the tent.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him,—when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Psalms 10:1Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself, in times of destitution?

Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:

Isaiah 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found,—Call ye upon him while he is near:

Hosea 9:12Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being,—for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from them!

Hebrews 13:11For, in the case of those living creatures, whose blood for sins is carried into the holy place, through means of the high-priest, the bodies of these, are burned up, 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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