SEV Biblia, Chapter 40:34
¶ Entonces una nube cubrió el tabernáculo del testimonio, y la gloria del SEÑOR llenó el tabernáculo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:34
Verse 34. Then a cloud covered the tent] Thus God gave his approbation of the work; and as this was visible, so it was a sign to all the people that Jehovah was among them. And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.] How this was manifested we cannot tell; it was probably by some light or brightness which was insufferable to the sight, for Moses himself could not enter in because of the cloud and the glory, Exodus xl. 35. Precisely the same happened when Solomon had dedicated his temple; for it is said that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord; 1 Kings viii. 10, 11. Previously to this the cloud of the Divine glory had rested upon that tent or tabernacle which Moses had pitched without the camp, after the transgression in the matter of the molten calf; but now the cloud removed from that tabernacle and rested upon this one, which was made by the command and under the direction of God himself.
And there is reason to believe that this tabernacle was pitched in the center of the camp, all the twelve tribes pitching their different tents in a certain order around it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 34-38 - The cloud covered the tabernacle even in the clearest day; it was not cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a token of God's presenc to be seen day and night, by all Israel, that they might never agai question, Is the Lord among us, or is he not? It guided the camp of Israel through the wilderness. While the cloud rested on the tabernacle, they rested; when it removed, they followed it. The glor of the Lord filled the tabernacle. In light and fire the Shechinah mad itself visible: God is Light; our God is a consuming Fire. Yet s dazzling was the light, and so dreadful the fire, that Moses was no able to enter into the tent of the congregation, till the splendour wa abated. But what Moses could not do, our Lord Jesus has done, whom God caused to draw near; and who has invited us to come boldly, even to the mercy-seat. Being taught by the Holy Spirit to follow the example of Christ, as well as to depend upon him, to attend his ordinances, an obey his precepts, we shall be kept from losing our way, and be led in the midst of the paths of judgment, till we come to heaven, the habitation of his holiness. BLESSED BE GOD FOR JESUS CHRIST __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויכס 3680 הענן 6051 את 853 אהל 168 מועד 4150 וכבוד 3519 יהוה 3068 מלא 4390 את 853 המשׁכן׃ 4908
