When Moses went out to the Tent, all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
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When Moses went out to the Tent, all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.
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- Numbers 16:27 So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses…
Exo 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, [that] all the people rose up, and stood every man [at] his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Ver. 8. And looked after Moses.] To see what success, what acceptance: as David looked up after his prayer to see how it sped. {Psa 5:3}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Testifying their grief for God’s departure, their respect to…
Testifying their grief for God’s departure, their respect to Moses, whom they had lately despised, their earnest desire of his intercession for them, their longing for God’s favour, and their humble expectation of a gracious return from God by the hands of Moses.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, when Moses went out…
And it came to pass, when Moses went out of the tabernacle,.... For when he had pitched it he did not continue there; which shows it was not the tent or tabernacle he dwelt in, but whither he went to and fro, both to meet the Lord in it, and transact the affairs of the people, and especially the great affair now depending between God and them:
that all the people rose up: in reverence of him as their ruler, and the minister of God, and as their Mediator between God and them, though they had but lately thought and spoke very meanly and contemptibly of him, Exo 32:1 see Job 29:8.
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and stood every man at his tent door; none offering to go in, nor to sit down until he was gone into the tabernacle, which was an instance of their respect to him:
and looked after Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle; kept their eye on him as long as they could see him, thereby expressing their esteem of him, signifying their desire that he would intercede for them, and wishing him success therein: the Targum of Jonathan interprets all this of the ungodly among them that looked after Moses with an evil eye.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And when Moses went out to the tabernacle, the…
And when Moses went out to the tabernacle, the people looked after him - In token of their respect to him whom before they had slighted, and their dependence upon his mediation. By this it appeared, that they were full of concern what would be the issue.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 33:8. When Moses went out unto the tabernacle…
Exo 33:8. When Moses went out unto the tabernacle — Namely, to intercede with God for the people, all the people stood every man at his tent door — Acknowledging themselves unworthy to approach nearer; and looked after Moses — To observe what signs of favour he should receive from God in answer to his prayers. Hereby, also, they showed their grief for God’s departure, their respect to Moses, whom they had lately slighted, their dependance on his mediation, and concern about the issue of it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rose up, out of respect to their prince, who…
Rose up, out of respect to their prince, who was not their mediator also. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain all the people rose up, and stood every man…
all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door--Its removal produced deep and universal consternation; and it is easy to conceive how anxiously all eyes would be directed towards it; how rapidly the happy intelligence would spread, when a phenomenon was witnessed from which an encouraging hope could be founded.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8-11. These verses show that this tent served a…
8-11. These verses show that this tent served a special purpose in the Sinaitic revelation of Jehovah. Into it Moses entered to plead and to receive divine communications, and there Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. The cloudy pillar was a medium of communication, for according to the most correct translation of Exo_33:9 it was the pillar that descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and… talked with Moses. Jehovah spoke through, or out of, the cloud. The speaking with Moses face to face did not involve a sight of God’s face, for he explains in Exo_33:20 that no man could see his face and live. So he communed with him from the cloud which veiled his glory. All the people were permitted to behold the cloudy pillar in the distance, but only Moses and Joshua entered the tent, and it is said that when Moses returned to camp Joshua tarried behind and departed not out of the tabernacle. The tent was not to be left altogether alone, and so it would seem that Moses’s servant stayed as on guard.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. Whenever Moses went out to the Tent, all…
8. Whenever Moses went out to the Tent, all the people would rise up, and follow him reverently with their eyes. The camp seems to be pictured on a much smaller scale by E than by P.
door] lit. opening: so vv. 9, 10, and regularly with ‘tent.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) When Moses went out . . . all…
(8) When Moses went out . . . all the people rose up.—As a mark of respect and reverence. (Comp. Est_5:9.)
The cloudy pillar descended.—During the stay of the Israelites in the plain at the foot of Sinai, the ordinary place occupied by the pillar of the cloud was the summit of the mount (Exo_19:16; Exo_19:20; Exo_20:21; Exo_24:15-18; Exo_34:5). At this time, whenever Moses entered the temporary tabernacle, the cloud came down from Sinai, ascending again when he quitted it.
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And the Lord talked with Moses.—Heb., and talked with Moses. The “cloudy pillar” is the subject of the verb “talked.” It is here identified with God, who manifested Himself through it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When Moses went out .... all the people rose…
When Moses went out .... all the people rose up. Probably Moses "went out" at a set time, or at set times, each day; and the people watched for his going, and "rose up," as a mark of respect and reverence. They felt that he went to the tent mainly to pray for them.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 33:8-11 get up and stand . . . stand…
33:8-11 get up and stand . . . stand and bow down: The people were awed by the thought that Moses was talking directly to God, face to face (33:11).
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