King James Version
Exodus 40:35 in the King James Version says “And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 40:35 · KJV
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
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“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
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“because the cloud”
H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
“thereon 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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