Exodus 33:7

5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”

6 So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

8 Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

9 As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
KJV
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
WEB
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought the LORD went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.
ASV
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.
DARBY
And Moses took the tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of meeting. And it came to pass [that] every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.
BLB
And Moses took the tent and he pitched it outside of the camp, far from the camp, and he called it the Tent of Meeting. And it came to pass [that] everyone seeking YHWH went out to the Tent of Meeting that [was] outside of the camp.
ÅB
Men Moses tok et telt og slo det opp utenfor leiren et godt stykke fra; han kalte det sammenkomstens telt, og enhver som søkte Herren, gikk ut til sammenkomstens telt utenfor leiren.
OTB
Moses pleide å ta et telt og slå det opp utenfor leiren, et stykke unna, og han kalte det «møteteltet.» Enhver som søkte Herren, gikk ut til møteteltet, som var utenfor leiren.
B1930
Men Moses tok et telt og slo det op utenfor leiren et godt stykke fra; han kalte det sammenkomstens telt, og enhver som søkte Herren, gikk ut til sammenkomstens telt utenfor leiren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 55:6–7

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

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  • Proverbs 15:29

    The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

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  • Exodus 29:42–43

    For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

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  • Isaiah 59:2

    But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:29

    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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  • Psalms 27:8

    My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

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  • Matthew 7:7–8

    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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