Exodus 33:9
7 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.
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
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- BSB
- As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
- KJV
- And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
- WEB
- When Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and the LORD spoke with Moses.
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and [Jehovah] spake with Moses.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and [Jehovah] talked with Moses.
- BLB
- And it came to pass, as Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud descended and it remained [at] the door of the tabernacle, and He talked with Moses.
- ÅB
- Og når Moses var kommet inn i teltet, da senket skystøtten seg og sto i døren til teltet, og han[^1] talte med Moses.
- OTB
- Når Moses gikk inn i teltet, ville skyens søyle stige ned og bli stående ved inngangen, og Herren ville tale med Moses.
- B1930
- Og når Moses var kommet inn i teltet, da senket skystøtten sig og stod i døren til teltet, og han talte med Moses. / < Herren.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 99:7
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Read in contextGenesis 18:33
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Read in contextExodus 31:18
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:22
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
Read in contextExodus 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Read in contextExodus 34:3
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Read in contextExodus 13:21–22
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Read in contextExodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
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