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Exodus 40

Ex. 40:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then a cloud
`anan (Hebrew #6051)
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
KJV usage: cloud(-y).
Pronounce: aw-nawn'
Origin: from 6049
u covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of the congregation
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; 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)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
, and the glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
the tabernacle
mishkan (Hebrew #4908)
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV usage: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: mish-kawn'
Origin: from 7931
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Ex. 13:21‑22• 21And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they could go day and night.
 22The pillar of the cloud did not remove from before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night. (Ex. 13:21‑22)
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Ex. 29:43• 43And there will I meet with the children of Israel; and it shall be hallowed by my glory. (Ex. 29:43)
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Ex. 33:9• 9And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and Jehovah talked with Moses. (Ex. 33:9)
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Lev. 16:2• 2and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary inside the veil before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he die not; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. (Lev. 16:2)
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Num. 9:15• 15And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire, until the morning. (Num. 9:15)
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1 Kings 8:10• 10And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, (1 Kings 8:10)
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2 Chron. 5:13• 13--it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud, (2 Chron. 5:13)
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2 Chron. 7:2• 2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house. (2 Chron. 7:2)
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Psa. 18:10‑12• 10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
 11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:10‑12)
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Isa. 6:4• 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (Isa. 6:4)
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Hag. 2:7,9• 7and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:7,9)
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Rev. 15:8• 8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. (Rev. 15:8)

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a cloud.
Ex. 13:21‑22• 21And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they could go day and night.
 22The pillar of the cloud did not remove from before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night. (Ex. 13:21‑22)
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Ex. 14:19‑20,24• 19And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.
 20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all the night.
 24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians. (Ex. 14:19‑20,24)
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Ex. 25:8,21‑22• 8And they shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
 21And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
 22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:8,21‑22)
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Ex. 29:43• 43And there will I meet with the children of Israel; and it shall be hallowed by my glory. (Ex. 29:43)
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Ex. 33:9• 9And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and Jehovah talked with Moses. (Ex. 33:9)
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Lev. 16:2• 2and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary inside the veil before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he die not; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. (Lev. 16:2)
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Num. 9:15‑23• 15And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire, until the morning.
 16So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and at night it was as the appearance of fire.
 17And when the cloud rose from the tent, then the children of Israel journeyed; and at the place where the cloud stood still, there the children of Israel encamped.
 18According to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped.
 19And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
 20And if it were so that the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle, according to the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.
 21And if it were so that the cloud was there from the evening until the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed; or a day and a night, and the cloud was taken up, they journeyed;
 22or two days, or a month, or many days, when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle, dwelling upon it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
 23At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses. (Num. 9:15‑23)
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1 Kings 8:10‑11• 10And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
 11and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah. (1 Kings 8:10‑11)
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2 Chron. 5:13• 13--it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud, (2 Chron. 5:13)
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2 Chron. 7:2• 2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house. (2 Chron. 7:2)
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Psa. 18:10‑12• 10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
 11He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:10‑12)
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Isa. 4:5‑6• 5And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.
 6And there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter and for a covert from storm and from rain. (Isa. 4:5‑6)
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Isa. 6:4• 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (Isa. 6:4)
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Ezek. 43:4‑7• 4And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east.
 5And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
 6And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man was standing by me.
 7And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, they nor their kings, with their fornication, and with the carcases of their kings in their high places, (Ezek. 43:4‑7)
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Hag. 2:7,9• 7and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:7,9)
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Rev. 15:8• 8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. (Rev. 15:8)
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Rev. 21:3,23‑24• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it. (Rev. 21:3,23‑24)
• God takes possession of the tabernacle by His glory, and the cloud of His presence and of His protection becomes the guide of the people (now forgiven), happy, and so greatly blessed, in being under the government and guidance of God, and at the same time His habitation and His inheritance. (“Exodus 35-40” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.