Exodus 33:8

8 Und wenn Mose ausging zur Hütte so stand alles Volk auf und trat ein jeglicher in seiner Hütte Tür und sahen ihm nach, bis er in die Hütte kam.

Exodus 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.

Exodus 33:8 In-Context

6 Also taten die Kinder Israel ihren Schmuck von sich vor dem Berge Horeb.

7 Mose aber nahm die Hütte und schlug sie auf draußen, ferne vom Lager, und hieß sie eine Hütte des Stifts. Und wer den HERRN fragen wollte, mußte herausgehen zur Hütte des Stifts vor das Lager. {~}

8 Und wenn Mose ausging zur Hütte so stand alles Volk auf und trat ein jeglicher in seiner Hütte Tür und sahen ihm nach, bis er in die Hütte kam.

9 Und wenn Mose in die Hütte kam, so kam die Wolkensäule hernieder und stand in der Hütte Tür und redete mit Mose.

10 Und alles Volk sah die Wolkensäule in der Hütte Tür stehen, und standen auf und neigten sich, ein jeglicher in seiner Hütte Tür.