Exo 33:7-10 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 7. Moses took the tabernacle ] eth haohel, the TENT; not eth hammishcan , the tabernacle , the dwelling-place of Jehovah, see , for this was not as yet erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the congregation came for judgment, and where, no doubt, God frequently met with his servant. This is now removed to a considerable distance from the camp, ( two thousand cubits, according to the Talmudists,) as God refuses to dwell any longer among this rebellious people. And as this was the place to which all the people came for justice and judgment, hence it was probably called the tabernacle , more properly the tent, of the congregation .

‏ Exodus 33:7-10

Verse 7. Moses took the tabernacle] eth haohel, the TENT; not eth hammishcan, the tabernacle, the dwelling-place of Jehovah, see Ex 35:11, for this was not as yet erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the congregation came for judgment, and where, no doubt, God frequently met with his servant. This is now removed to a considerable distance from the camp, (two thousand cubits, according to the Talmudists,) as God refuses to dwell any longer among this rebellious people. And as this was the place to which all the people came for justice and judgment, hence it was probably called the tabernacle, more properly the tent, of the congregation.

Verse 9. The cloudy pillar descended] This very circumstance precluded the possibility of deception. The cloud descending at these times, and at none others, was a full proof that it was miraculous, and a pledge of the Divine presence. It was beyond the power of human art to counterfeit such an appearance; and let it be observed that all the people saw this, Ex 33:10. How many indubitable and irrefragable proofs of its own authenticity and Divine origin does the Pentateuch contain!