Éxodo 33:8

8 Y sucedía que, cuando salía Moisés al tabernáculo, todo el pueblo se levantaba, y estaba cada cual en pie a la puerta de su tienda, y miraban en pos de Moisés, hasta que él entraba en el tabernáculo.

Éxodo 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.

Éxodo 33:8 In-Context

6 Entonces los hijos de Israel se despojaron de sus atavíos desde el monte Horeb.

7 Y Moisés tomó el tabernáculo, y lo extendió fuera del campamento, lejos del campamento, y lo llamó el tabernáculo del testimonio. Y fue, que cualquiera que requería al SEÑOR, salía al tabernáculo del testimonio, que estaba fuera del campamento.

8 Y sucedía que, cuando salía Moisés al tabernáculo, todo el pueblo se levantaba, y estaba cada cual en pie a la puerta de su tienda, y miraban en pos de Moisés, hasta que él entraba en el tabernáculo.

9 Y cuando Moisés entraba en el tabernáculo, la columna de nube descendía, y se ponía a la puerta del tabernáculo, y el SEÑOR hablaba con Moisés.

10 Y viendo todo el pueblo la columna de nube, que estaba a la puerta del tabernáculo, se levantaba todo el pueblo, cada uno a la puerta de su tienda y adoraba.