King James Version
Exodus 40:34 in the King James Version says “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Exodus 40:34 · KJV
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And 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.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: went onward: Heb. journeyed
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“covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
“and the glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
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