35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
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So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
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 the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; …
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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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