Exodus 40:34

The Glory of the LORD

34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:34 in Other Translations

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

34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

34 Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.

34 The Cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Glory of God filled The Dwelling.

34 The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:34 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:34

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation
The outside of it; this cloud was the same with the pillar of cloud that went before the Israelites, as soon almost as they came out of Egypt; and led them through the Red sea, and conducted them to Mount Sinai; only it now appeared in a different form, not erect as a pillar, but more expanded, so as to cover the tabernacle without;

and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle;
the inside of it, not the most holy place only, but the holy place also: this was an uncommon brightness, lustre, and splendour, a glorious stream of light, which the eye of man could not well bear to behold; such a glory filled the temple of Solomon at the dedication of that, ( 1 Kings 8:11 ) and was an emblem of Christ, the brightness of his Father's glory, dwelling in and filling the tabernacle of the human nature, where the Godhead, the Shechinah, the divine Majesty, dwells bodily, ( Hebrews 1:3 ) ( John 1:14 ) ( Colossians 2:9 ) .

Exodus 40:34 In-Context

32 They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

33 Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.

34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 19:16; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 9:15-23; 1 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Isaiah 6:4; Ezekiel 10:4
• 2. S Exodus 16:7; John 1:14; John 12:41; Revelation 15:8