EXODUS 33:7

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“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.”

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Exodus 33:7 Translation & Meaning

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And Moses וּמֹשֶׁה֩ Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
took יִקַּ֨ח To take (in the widest variety of applications) took
the tabernacle, הָאֹ֜הֶל A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) tabernacle
and pitched וְנָֽטָה To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) pitched
it without מִח֣וּץ Properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors without
the camp, לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) camp
afar off הַרְחֵק֙ To widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) afar off
from מִן Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses from
the camp, הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) camp
and called וְקָ֥רָא To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) called
it the Tabernacle אֹ֣הֶל A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) Tabernacle
of the congregation. מוֹעֵ֑ד Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) congregation
And it came to pass, וְהָיָה֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) came pass
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
every one כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every one
which sought מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ To search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after sought
the Lord יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
went out יֵצֵא֙ To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim out
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
the tabernacle אֹ֣הֶל A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) tabernacle
of the congregation, מוֹעֵ֔ד Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) congregation
which אֲשֶׁ֖ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
without מִח֥וּץ Properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors without
the camp. לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) camp

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  • 5  For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

  • 6  And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

  • 7  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.

  • 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.

  • 9  And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.




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