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Exodus 40:35

Exodus 40:35
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.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 40:34-35

On the distinction between the tent as the outer shelter and the tabernacle as the dwelling-place of Yahweh, which is very clear in these verses, see Exo 26:1 note. The glory appeared as a light…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 40:34-38

As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

was not able, &c. cf. 1Ki 8:10 f. (at the dedication of Solomon's Temple), Eze 43:4 f.