34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. …
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 34-38)As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man’s habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God’s dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. The shechinah , the divine eternal Word, though not yet made flesh, yet, as a prelude to that event, came and dwelt among the…
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