Exodus 33:7

And Moses taketh the tent, and hath stretched it out at the outside of the camp, afar off from the camp, and hath called it, 'Tent of Meeting;' and it hath come to pass, every one seeking Jehovah goeth out unto the tent of meeting, which [is] at the outside of the camp.

Young's Literal Translation

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 take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.

8And it hath come to pass, at the going out of Moses unto the tent, all the people rise, and have stood, each at the opening of his tent, and have looked expectingly after Moses, until his going into the tent.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29'And — ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord — be not far from me,

Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

Hosea 9:12For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless — without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.

Hebrews 13:11for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest — of these the bodies are burned without 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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