Exode 33:8

8 Et dès que Moïse sortait vers le tabernacle, tout le peuple se levait, et chacun se tenait à l'entrée de sa tente et suivait Moïse des yeux, jusqu'à ce qu'il entrât dans le tabernacle.

Exode 33:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:8

And it came to pass, when Moses went out of the tabernacle,
&c.] For when he had pitched it he did not continue there; which shows it was not the tent or tabernacle he dwelt in, but whither he went to and fro, both to meet the Lord in it, and transact the affairs of the people, and especially the great affair now depending between God and them:

[that] all the people rose up:
in reverence of him as their ruler, and the minister of God, and as their Mediator between God and them, though they had but lately thought and spoke very meanly and contemptibly of him, ( Exodus 32:1 ) see ( Job 29:8 )

and stood every man at his tent door;
none offering to go in, nor to sit down until he was gone into the tabernacle, which was an instance of their respect to him:

and looked after Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle;
kept their eye on him as long as they could see him, thereby expressing their esteem of him, signifying their desire that he would intercede for them, and wishing him success therein: the Targum of Jonathan interprets all this of the ungodly among them that looked after Moses with an evil eye.

Exode 33:8 In-Context

6 Ainsi les enfants d'Israël se dépouillèrent de leurs ornements, depuis le mont Horeb.

7 Et Moïse prit le tabernacle, et se le dressa hors du camp, loin du camp, et il l'appela le Tabernacle d'assignation; et tous ceux qui cherchaient l'Éternel, sortaient vers le tabernacle d'assignation, qui était hors du camp.

8 Et dès que Moïse sortait vers le tabernacle, tout le peuple se levait, et chacun se tenait à l'entrée de sa tente et suivait Moïse des yeux, jusqu'à ce qu'il entrât dans le tabernacle.

9 Et dès que Moïse était entré dans le tabernacle, la colonne de nuée descendait et se tenait à l'entrée du tabernacle, et l'Éternel parlait avec Moïse.

10 Tout le peuple alors, voyant la colonne de nuée qui se tenait à l'entrée du tabernacle, se levait, et chacun se prosternait à l'entrée de sa tente.