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Ex 40:34 Strong Concordance Then a cloud [06051] covered [03680] the tent [0168] of the congregation [04150], and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the tabernacle [04908].
  King James Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
a cloud--literally, "The cloud," the mystic cloud which was the well-known symbol of the Divine Presence. After remaining at a great distance from them on the summit of the mount, it appeared to be in motion; and if many among them had a secret misgiving about the issue, how the fainting heart would revive, the interest of the moment intensely increase, and the tide of joy swell in every bosom, when that symbolic cloud was seen slowly and majestically descending towards the plain below and covering the tabernacle. The entire and universal concealment of the tabernacle within the folds of an impervious cloud was not without a deep and instructive meaning; it was a protection to the sacred edifice from the burning heats of the Arabian climate; it was a token of the Divine Presence; and it was also an emblem of the Mosaic dispensation, which, though it was a revelation from heaven, yet left many things hid in obscurity; for it was a dark cloud compared with the bright cloud, which betokened the clearer and fuller discoveries of the divine character and glory in the gospel (Mat 17:5).

the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle--that is, light and fire, a created splendor, which was the peculiar symbol of God (Jo1 1:5). Whether this light was inherent in the cloud or not, it emanated from it on this occasion, and making its entry, not with the speed of a lightning flash as if it were merely an electric spark, but in majestic splendor, it passed through the outer porch into the interior of the most holy place (Kg1 8:10; Joh 1:14). Its miraculous character is shown by the fact, that, though "it filled the tabernacle," not a curtain or any article of furniture was so much as singed.
 
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14 And [2532] the Word [3056] was made [1096] flesh [4561], and [2532] dwelt [4637] among [1722] us [2254], (and [2532] we beheld [2300] his [846] glory [1391], the glory [1391] as [5613] of the only begotten [3439] of [3844] the Father [3962],) full [4134] of grace [5485] and [2532] truth [225].
10 And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] were come out [03318] of the holy [06944] place, that the cloud [06051] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],
5 This [3778] then [2532] is [2076] the message [1860] which [3739] we have heard [191] of [575] him [846], and [2532] declare [312] unto you [5213], that [3754] God [2316] is [2076] light [5457], and [2532] in [1722] him [846] is [2076] no [3756] darkness [4653] at all [3762].
5 While he [846] yet [2089] spake [2980], behold [2400], a bright [5460] cloud [3507] overshadowed [1982] them [846]: and [2532] behold [2400] a voice [5456] out of [1537] the cloud [3507], which said [3004], This [3778] is [2076] my [3450] beloved [27] Son [5207], in [1722] whom [3739] I am well pleased [2106]; hear ye [191] him [846].
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied [07235] and increased [06509] in the land [0776], in those days [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], they shall say [0559] no more, The ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068]: neither shall it come [05927] to mind [03820]: neither shall they remember [02142] it; neither shall they visit [06485] it; neither shall that be done [06213] any more.
3 And said [0559] unto the Levites [03881] that taught [0995] [04000] all Israel [03478], which were holy [06918] unto the LORD [03068], Put [05414] the holy [06944] ark [0727] in the house [01004] which Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478] did build [01129]; it shall not be a burden [04853] upon your shoulders [03802]: serve [05647] now the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and his people [05971] Israel [03478],
23 Thou shalt also make [06213] a table [07979] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: two cubits [0520] shall be the length [0753] thereof, and a cubit [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the height [06967] thereof.
24 And if the way [01870] be too long [07235] for thee, so that [03588] thou art not able [03201] to carry [05375] it; or if the place [04725] be too far [07368] from thee, which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977] to set [07760] his name [08034] there, when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee:
21 If the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] to put [07760] his name [08034] there be too far [07368] from thee, then thou shalt kill [02076] of thy herd [01241] and of thy flock [06629], which the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] thee, as I have commanded [06680] thee, and thou shalt eat [0398] in thy gates [08179] whatsoever thy soul [05315] lusteth after [0185].
14 But in the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] shall choose [0977] in one [0259] of thy tribes [07626], there thou shalt offer [05927] thy burnt offerings [05930], and there thou shalt do [06213] all that I command [06680] thee.
4 And they brought up [05927] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and all the holy [06944] vessels [03627] that were in the tabernacle [0168], even those did the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881] bring up [05927].
2 That the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Solomon [08010] the second time [08145], as he had appeared [07200] unto him at Gibeon [01391].
4 And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].
3 So Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [06951] with him, went [03212] to the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391]; for there was the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] of God [0430], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had made [06213] in the wilderness [04057].
29 For the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068], which Moses [04872] made [06213] in the wilderness [04057], and the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], were at that season [06256] in the high place [01116] at Gibeon [01391].
39 And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and his brethren [0251] the priests [03548], before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068] in the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391],
1 Then came [0935] David [01732] to Nob [05011] to Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548]: and Ahimelech [0288] was afraid [02729] at the meeting [07125] of David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man [0376] with thee?
2 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].
3 Now therefore what is [03426] under thine hand [03027]? give [05414] me five [02568] loaves of bread [03899] in mine hand [03027], or what there is present [04672].
4 And the priest [03548] answered [06030] David [01732], and said [0559], There is no common [02455] bread [03899] under mine hand [03027], but there is [03426] hallowed [06944] bread [03899]; if the young men [05288] have kept [08104] themselves at least [0389] from women [0802].
5 And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627].
6 So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].
7 Now a certain man [0376] of the servants [05650] of Saul [07586] was there that day [03117], detained [06113] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and his name [08034] was Doeg [01673], an Edomite [0130], the chiefest [047] of the herdmen [07462] that belonged to Saul [07586].
8 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288], And is there [03426] not [0371] here under thine hand [03027] spear [02595] or sword [02719]? for I have neither brought [03947] my sword [02719] nor my weapons [03627] with me [03027], because the king's [04428] business [01697] required [01961] haste [05169].
9 And the priest [03548] said [0559], The sword [02719] of Goliath [01555] the Philistine [06430], whom thou slewest [05221] in the valley [06010] of Elah [0425], behold, it is here wrapped [03874] in a cloth [08071] behind [0310] the ephod [0646]: if thou wilt take [03947] that, take [03947] it: for there is no other [0312] save [02108] that here [02088]. And David [01732] said [0559], There is none like that; give [05414] it me.
3 And ere the lamp [05216] of God [0430] went out [03518] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], where the ark [0727] of God [0430] was, and Samuel [08050] was laid down [07901] to sleep;
9 So Hannah [02584] rose up [06965] after [0310] they had eaten [0398] in Shiloh [07887], and after [0310] they had drunk [08354]. Now Eli [05941] the priest [03548] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by a post [04201] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068].
15 And Samuel [08050] lay [07901] until the morning [01242], and opened [06605] the doors [01817] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] feared [03372] to shew [05046] Eli [05941] the vision [04759].
3 And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the camp [04264], the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Wherefore hath the LORD [03068] smitten [05062] us to day [03117] before [06440] the Philistines [06430]? Let us fetch [03947] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] out of Shiloh [07887] unto us, that, when it cometh [0935] among [07130] us, it may save [03467] us out of the hand [03709] of our enemies [0341].
3 And this [01931] man [0376] went up [05927] out of his city [05892] yearly [03117] [03117] to worship [07812] and to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] in Shiloh [07887]. And the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068], were there.
19 Then they said [0559], Behold, there is a feast [02282] of the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887] yearly [03117] [03117] in a place which is on the north side [06828] of Bethel [01008], on the east side [04217] [08121] of the highway [04546] that goeth up [05927] from Bethel [01008] to Shechem [07927], and on the south [05045] of Lebonah [03829].
31 And they set them up [07760] Micah's [04318] graven image [06459], which he made [06213], all the time [03117] that the house [01004] of God [0430] was in Shiloh [07887].
19 Notwithstanding [0389], if the land [0776] of your possession [0272] be unclean [02931], then pass ye over [05674] unto the land [0776] of the possession [0272] of the LORD [03068], wherein the LORD'S [03068] tabernacle [04908] dwelleth [07931], and take possession [0270] among [08432] us: but rebel [04775] not against the LORD [03068], nor [0408] rebel [04775] against us, in building [01129] you an altar [04196] beside [01107] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
2 And they spake [01696] unto them at Shiloh [07887] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] commanded [06680] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872] to give [05414] us cities [05892] to dwell in [03427], with the suburbs [04054] thereof for our cattle [0929].
8 And the men [0582] arose [06965], and went away [03212]: and Joshua [03091] charged [06680] them that went [01980] to describe [03789] the land [0776], saying [0559], Go [03212] and walk [01980] through the land [0776], and describe [03789] it, and come again [07725] to me, that I may here cast [07993] lots [01486] for you before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887].
51 These are the inheritances [05159], which Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], and the heads [07218] of the fathers [01] of the tribes [04294] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], divided for an inheritance [05157] by lot [01486] in Shiloh [07887] before [06440] the LORD [03068], at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]. So they made an end [03615] of dividing [02505] the country [0776].
1 And the whole congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] assembled together [06950] at Shiloh [07887], and set up [07931] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] there. And the land [0776] was subdued [03533] before [06440] them.
43 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto the camp [04264] to Gilgal [01537].
6 And the men [0582] of Gibeon [01391] sent [07971] unto Joshua [03091] to the camp [04264] to Gilgal [01537], saying [0559], Slack [07503] not thy hand [03027] from thy servants [05650]; come up [05927] to us quickly [04120], and save [03467] us, and help [05826] us: for all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567] that dwell [03427] in the mountains [02022] are gathered together [06908] against us.
6 And they went [03212] to Joshua [03091] unto the camp [04264] at Gilgal [01537], and said [0559] unto him, and to the men [0376] of Israel [03478], We be come [0935] from a far [07350] country [0776]: now therefore make [03772] ye a league [01285] with us.
10 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] encamped [02583] in Gilgal [01537], and kept [06213] the passover [06453] on the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153] in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405].
19 And the people [05971] came up [05927] out of Jordan [03383] on the tenth [06218] day of the first [07223] month [02320], and encamped [02583] in Gilgal [01537], in the east [04217] border [07097] of Jericho [03405].
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation [05712] was gathered [06950] against Moses [04872] and against Aaron [0175], that they looked [06437] toward the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and, behold, the cloud [06051] covered [03680] it, and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] appeared [07200].
19 And Korah [07141] gathered [06950] all the congregation [05712] against them unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto all the congregation [05712].
10 But all the congregation [05712] bade [0559] stone [07275] them with stones [068]. And the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] before all the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
13 And he shall put [05414] the incense [07004] upon the fire [0784] before [06440] the LORD [03068], that the cloud [06051] of the incense [07004] may cover [03680] the mercy seat [03727] that is upon the testimony [05715], that he die [04191] not:
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], that he come [0935] not at all times [06256] into the holy [06944] place within [01004] the vail [06532] before [06440] the mercy seat [03727], which is upon the ark [0727]; that he die [04191] not: for I will appear [07200] in the cloud [06051] upon the mercy [03727] seat.
35 And Moses [04872] was not able [03201] to enter [0935] into the tent [0168] of the congregation [04150], because the cloud [06051] abode [07931] thereon, and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the tabernacle [04908].
1 Moreover thou shalt make [06213] the tabernacle [04908] with ten [06235] curtains [03407] of fine twined [07806] linen [08336], and blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438]: with cherubims [03742] of cunning [02803] work [04639] shalt thou make [06213] them.
19 What [2228]? know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] your [5216] body [4983] is [2076] the temple [3485] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] which is in [1722] you [5213], which [3739] ye have [2192] of [575] God [2316], and [2532] ye are [2075] not [3756] your own [1438]?
22 In [1722] whom [3739] ye [5210] also [2532] are builded together [4925] for [1519] an habitation [2732] of God [2316] through [1722] the Spirit [4151].
42 This shall be a continual [08548] burnt offering [05930] throughout your generations [01755] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: where I will meet [03259] you, to speak [01696] there unto thee.
43 And there I will meet [03259] with the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and the tabernacle shall be sanctified [06942] by my glory [03519].
10 And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] were come out [03318] of the holy [06944] place, that the cloud [06051] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],
11 So that the priests [03548] could [03201] not stand [05975] to minister [08334] because [06440] of the cloud [06051]: for the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] had filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
10 And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] were come out [03318] of the holy [06944] place, that the cloud [06051] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],
11 So that the priests [03548] could [03201] not stand [05975] to minister [08334] because [06440] of the cloud [06051]: for the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] had filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], that he come [0935] not at all times [06256] into the holy [06944] place within [01004] the vail [06532] before [06440] the mercy seat [03727], which is upon the ark [0727]; that he die [04191] not: for I will appear [07200] in the cloud [06051] upon the mercy [03727] seat.
15 And on the day [03117] that the tabernacle [04908] was reared up [06965] the cloud [06051] covered [03680] the tabernacle [04908], namely, the tent [0168] of the testimony [05715]: and at even [06153] there was upon the tabernacle [04908] as it were the appearance [04758] of fire [0784], until the morning [01242].
16 So it was alway [08548]: the cloud [06051] covered [03680] it by day, and the appearance [04758] of fire [0784] by night [03915].
17 And when [06310] the cloud [06051] was taken up [05927] from the tabernacle [0168], then after [0310] that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265]: and in the place [04725] where the cloud [06051] abode [07931], there the children [01121] of Israel [03478] pitched their tents [02583].
18 At the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265], and at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] they pitched [02583]: as long as [03117] the cloud [06051] abode [07931] upon the tabernacle [04908] they rested [02583] in their tents.
19 And when the cloud [06051] tarried long [0748] upon the tabernacle [04908] many [07227] days [03117], then the children [01121] of Israel [03478] kept [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], and journeyed [05265] not.
20 And so it was [03426], when the cloud [06051] was a few [04557] days [03117] upon the tabernacle [04908]; according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] they abode [02583] in their tents, and according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] they journeyed [05265].
21 And so it was [03426], when the cloud [06051] abode from even [06153] unto the morning [01242], and that the cloud [06051] was taken up [05927] in the morning [01242], then they journeyed [05265]: whether it was by day [03119] or by night [03915] that the cloud [06051] was taken up [05927], they journeyed [05265].
22 Or whether it were two days [03117], or a month [02320], or a year [03117], that the cloud [06051] tarried [0748] upon the tabernacle [04908], remaining [07931] thereon, the children [01121] of Israel [03478] abode [02583] in their tents, and journeyed [05265] not: but when it was taken up [05927], they journeyed [05265].
23 At the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] they rested [02583] in the tents, and at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] they journeyed [05265]: they kept [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
36 And when the cloud [06051] was taken up [05927] from [05921] over the tabernacle [04908], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went onward [05265] in all their journeys [04550]:
37 But if the cloud [06051] were not taken up [05927], then they journeyed [05265] not till the day [03117] that it was taken up [05927].
38 For the cloud [06051] of the LORD [03068] was upon the tabernacle [04908] by day [03119], and fire [0784] was on it by night [03915], in the sight [05869] of all the house [01004] of Israel [03478], throughout all their journeys [04550].
21 And the LORD [03068] went [01980] before [06440] them by day [03119] in a pillar [05982] of a cloud [06051], to lead [05148] them the way [01870]; and by night [03915] in a pillar [05982] of fire [0784], to give them light [0215]; to go [03212] by day [03119] and night [03915]:
22 He took not away [04185] the pillar [05982] of the cloud [06051] by day [03119], nor the pillar [05982] of fire [0784] by night [03915], from before [06440] the people [05971].
11 So that the priests [03548] could [03201] not stand [05975] to minister [08334] because [06440] of the cloud [06051]: for the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] had filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
10 And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] were come out [03318] of the holy [06944] place, that the cloud [06051] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],
35 And Moses [04872] was not able [03201] to enter [0935] into the tent [0168] of the congregation [04150], because the cloud [06051] abode [07931] thereon, and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the tabernacle [04908].