And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,.... The most holy place, having set up the ark of the Lord there, who were all sanctified that were there, and did not wait by…
Barnes' Notes
The cloud - the visible symbol of the divine presence - the Shechinah of the Targums - which halt been promised before the ark was begun Exo 29:43, and had filled the tabernacle as soon as it was…
Adam Clarke
When the priests were come out - That is, after having carried the ark into the holy of holies, before any sacred service had yet commenced.
The temple, though richly beautified, yet while it was without the ark was like a body without a soul, or a candlestick without a candle, or (to speak more properly) a house without an inhabitant. All…
Cambridge Bible
the cloud filled the house of the Lord Thecloud was the veil which hid the glory of the Lord. The article denotes that it was something well known and perhaps permanent. Cf. Exo 40:34-35 where it is…