خروج 33:7

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7 و موسی‌ خیمۀ خود را برداشته‌، آن‌ را بیرون‌ لشكرگاه‌، دور از اردو زد، و آن‌ را «خیمۀ اجتماع‌» نامید. و واقع‌ شد كه‌ هر كه‌ طالب‌ یهوه‌ می‌بود، به‌ خیمۀ اجتماع‌ كه‌ خارج‌ لشكرگاه‌ بود، بیرون‌ می‌رفت‌.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tabernacle: Eth haohel, the Tent, not eth hammishcan, the Tabernacle, for this was not erected; but probably the tent of Moses, which was before in the midst of the camp, and to which the people came for judgment; and where, no doubt, God frequently met his servant. This situation, as well as the superior elegance, of a chief's tent, was one mode by which he was honoured.

afar off: Psalms 10:1, Psalms 35:22, Proverbs 15:29, Isaiah 59:2, Hosea 9:12

the Tabernacle of: Exodus 29:42, Exodus 29:43

sought: Deuteronomy 4:29, 2 Samuel 21:1, Psalms 27:8, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8

went out: Hebrews 13:11-13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:1 - out of Numbers 12:10 - the cloud

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses took the tabernacle,.... Not that, the pattern of which he had been shown in the mount, for that was not as yet made, rather his own tabernacle or tent, Exodus 18:7 or one that was erected for worship before the large one was ordered, and while that was building; for it can hardly be thought they should have no place of worship for a whole year after they were come out of Egypt; though this might be not a place on purpose, or only erected for that use, but might be one of the apartments of Moses; who, besides what he had for the use and convenience of his family, had a special and peculiar one, hath on a religious account, where he and the people sometimes worshipped, and God met with them, and on a civil account, to hear and judge the causes of the people, and resolve their doubts, and remove their difficulties, and make inquiries of God for them:

and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp; 2000 cubits distant from it, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, which he endeavours to confirm from Joshua 3:4 and was what was afterwards called a sabbath day's journey: this was done partly that he might have the opportunity of conversing with God, and bringing about a thorough reconciliation between him and the people, who declared he would not go up in the midst of them; and partly that this might be a symbol to the people of the Lord's departure from the midst of them; that so they might be brought to a thorough humiliation for their sin, who might fear that he would not only stand at a distance, but entirely remove from them: it might be considered as a token of his displeasure with them, and yet be a door of hope unto them; since he was not wholly gone from them, but might be sought unto by them as follows:

and called it the tabernacle of the congregation; as the great tabernacle was afterwards called, and as this might be before, though now renewed, to give the people some encouragement to resort here; because here he and they met together, both on civil and religious accounts, and God met with them:

and it came to pass, [that] everyone which sought the Lord: about any affair of moment and importance, to know his will, and to have instruction and direction what to do; or that sought to him for peace and reconciliation, for the pardon of their sins, and the acceptance of their persons, repenting of their sins, and confessing the same:

went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp; these went out of the camp, from their tents there, to this; who were not the body of the people, but either such who had difficult matters to inquire about, or were seriously and heartily concerned for the evil they had committed, and for the removal of the divine Presence from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The tabernacle - The tent. The only word in the Old Testament which ought to be rendered “tabernacle” משׁכן mı̂shkān does not occur once in this narrative Exodus 26:1. What is here meant is a tent appointed for this temporary purpose by Moses, possibly that in which he was accustomed to dwell.

Pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp - That the people might feel that they had forfeited the divine presence (see Exodus 25:8). This tent was to be a place for meeting with Yahweh, like the tabernacle which was about to be constructed.

The tent of meeting (as it should be called, see Exodus 27:21 note, and note at end of Exodus 40:0) was placed “afar off from the camp,” and the mediator and his faithful servant Joshua were alone admitted to it Exodus 33:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 33:7. Moses took the tabernacle — אה האהל eth haohel, the TENT; not את המשכן eth hammishcan, the tabernacle, the dwelling-place of Jehovah, see Exodus 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.