Exodus 40:34-38

The Glory of the LORD

34 ¹Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the ²glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 Moses ³was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

36 Throughout all their journeys ⁴whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;

37 but ⁵if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.

38 For throughout all their journeys, ⁶the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

Exodus 40:34-38 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION OF EXODUS 40\\

This chapter contains the order for setting up the tabernacle, and
placing the furniture of it where it was the will of God it should be
put, Ex 40:1-8 and for the anointing it, and all its vessels, and
also Aaron and his sons, Ex 40:9-16 all which were accordingly
done, the tabernacle was reared up, and everything was put in its
proper place, Ex 40:16-33 upon which a cloud covered the tent, and
the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses could not
enter; which cloud afterwards was a direction in their journeys, by
night and by day, Ex 40:34-38.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 9:15-23
• 2. 1 Kings 8:11; Ezekiel 43:4; Revelation 15:8
• 3. 1 Kings 8:11; 2 Chronicles 5:13, 14
• 4. Numbers 9:17; Nehemiah 9:19
• 5. Numbers 9:19-22
• 6. Exodus 13:21; Numbers 9:12, 15; Psalms 78:14; Isaiah 4:5