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Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:34 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
  • KJV Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • NKJV Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
  • NASB Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
  • NLT Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

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Quick answer

The cloud covered the tent and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle. God visibly took up residence among His redeemed people.

Overview

Once the tabernacle was finished, the cloud of God's presence descended and His glory filled the structure, confirming His acceptance of the work. This was the climactic purpose of the exodus: God dwelling in the midst of His people. It anticipates the glory of God revealed in Christ, who tabernacled among us, and ultimately God's eternal dwelling with His people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Rev 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
  • Num 9:15–23On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
  • 2 Chr 7:2The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
  • Exod 29:43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
  • Rev 21:23–24And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
  • Exod 14:19–20And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
  • Exod 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
  • Exod 33:9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  • Lev 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
  • Exod 13:21–22And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
  • Hag 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Ezek 43:4–7and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
  • Hag 2:9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  • Rev 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:10–11And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
  • 2 Chr 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
  • Isa 4:5–6Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  • Isa 6:4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
  • Ps 18:10–12He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
  • Exod 25:21–22Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
  • Exod 25:8And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

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Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 40:34 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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