Keluaran 39:32

Moses Inspects the Sanctuary

39:32 ¹ So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses – they did it exactly so.

Keluaran 40:34-38

40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 40:35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 40:36 But when the cloud was lifted up ²  from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out ³  on all their journeys; 40:37 but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. ⁴  40:38 For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be ⁵  on it at night, in plain view ⁶  of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

[39:32]  ¹ sn The last sections of the book bring several themes together to a full conclusion. Not only is it the completion of the tabernacle, it is the fulfillment of God’s plan revealed at the beginning of the book, i.e., to reside with his people.

[40:36]  ² tn The construction uses the Niphal infinitive construct to form the temporal clause.

[40:36]  ³ tn The imperfect tense in this context describes a customary action.

[40:37]  ⁴ tn The clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct in the temporal clause: “until the day of its being taken up.”

[40:38]  ⁵ tn Here is another imperfect tense of the customary nuance.

[40:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the eyes of all”; KJV, ASV, NASB “in the sight of all”; NRSV “before the eyes of all.”