Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.
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… In Exodus 33, we had that incredible moment where Moses went out to the tent of meeting. Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the tent of meeting. And anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. And listen to this. And whenever Moses, this is Exodus 33, went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrance of their tent. So everyone in the camp would see Moses go out to the tent. and when he would go to the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance while the Lord spoke with Moses and whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they all stood and worshiped each at the entrance of their tent. Can you imagine this moment? God's coming down in this cloud. He's meeting with Moses in the cloud. He's speaking with Moses is like a man speaks to his friend, the scripture says. …
… Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the tent of meeting. And anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses went into the tent, hello, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance while the Lord spoke with Moses. Pillar of cloud by day, fire by night. That's how these people are moving through the wilderness. God is saying, I'm before you. I'm behind you. I'm with you. I've got a future for you. They're rebelling the whole time. They're complaining the whole time. They're not getting it the whole time, but he's still in there with them. Cloud by day, fire by night. But the cloud would move onto the tent when Moses went in it. And it says that when the Lord spoke to Moses and all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent. …
… like this is a fascinating fascinating truth see nehemiah understood that he knew what happened with moses in fact later on in exodus 33 it says that uh in verse 7 that moses used to take the tent and he'd pitch outside the the camp far from the camp and he called it the tent of meeting and everyone who sought the lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up and stand at his tent door and watch Moses till he had gone into the tent. And when Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent. And the Lord would speak to Moses. And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship at his tent door. thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend. …
… it says in verse seven, Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, and all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door and watch Moses until he went into the tent. And when Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship each at his tent door. Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend. man that was like this do you get it like like if that's the tent of meeting right there and and he he goes i'm gonna go meet with god everyone goes there goes francis he's heading over to the tent and you would just look at a distance and you would see something come down from heaven and everything you're like a human being is in the presence of god he's living through and he's communicating. …
… the tent of meeting where Moses regularly speaks to God and pay attention to this it says Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp far off from the camp and he called it the tent of meeting and everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent all the people would rise up and each would take their stand at his tent door and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. When Moses entered the tent the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent and the Lord would speak with Moses. And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship each at his tent door. Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend. so this wasn't about a one-time occurrence where Moses went up to a mountaintop to meet with God but he had this tent set apart called the tent of meeting where he would go and would just be he with God and all the people would look on and marvel and worship and it says the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend. …
… Now, number one, why is it important? You have to understand this incident here where Moses goes out to the tent of meeting and gets things from God. You see, for example, it says, whenever Moses would go out, all the people rose and stood at the entrance of the tent. Anyone inquiring of the Lord would ask Moses, and then Moses would go into the tent, what is this all about? It's very simple. When God first brought the children of Israel to Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the plan for the tabernacle. And the tabernacle was to be a tent, the dwelling of God in the midst of the people. All of the tents were around it. It was right in the midst of the people. And the cloud, what is this cloud, this cloudy pillar? It's the glory of God. At daytime it looked like, in the sunlight it looked like a cloud. At night it looked like a fire, a pillar of fire. And it was the signification of the presence of God. …