Exodus 40 · Verse 35

Exodus 40:35

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:35, King James Version

Exodus 40:35 in other translations

BSBMoses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
WEBMoses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.
ASVAnd Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
YLTand Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle.
DARBYAnd Moses could not enter into the tent of meeting, for the cloud abode on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
BBESo that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.
WebsterAnd Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

What does Exodus 40:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation--How does this circumstance show the incapacity of man, in his present state, to look upon the unveiled perfections of the Godhead! Moses could not endure the unclouded effulgence, nor the sublimest of the prophets (Is 6:5). But what neither Moses nor the most eminent of God's messengers to the ancient church through the weakness of nature could endure, we can all now do by an exercise of faith; looking unto Jesus, who reflected with chastened radiance the brightness of the Father's glory; and who, having as the Forerunner for us, entered within the veil, has invited us to come boldly to the mercy seat. While Moses was compelled, through the influence of overwhelming awe, to stand aloof and could not enter the tabernacle, Christ entered into the holy place not made with hands; nay, He is Himself the true tabernacle, filled with the glory of God, ever with the grace and truth which the Shekinah typified. What great reason we have to thank God for Jesus Christ, who, while He Himself was the brightness of the Father's glory, yet exhibited that glory in so mild and attractive a manner, as to allure us to draw near with confidence and love into the Divine Presence!

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 40:34-38

The cloud covered the tabernacle even in the clearest day; it was not a cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a token of God's presence to be seen day and night, by all Israel, that they might never again 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 glory of the…

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Exodus 40:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָכֹ֣לya.Kholhe was ableH3201
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לָבוֹא֙la.Vo'to goH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
אֹ֣הֶל'O.hel[the] tent ofH168
מוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdmeetingH4150
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
שָׁכַ֥ןsha.Khanit had settled downH7931
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavover itH5921
הֶעָנָ֑ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
וּכְב֣וֹדu.khe.Vodand [the] glory ofH3519
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מָלֵ֖אma.Le'it had filledH4390
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן\׃ha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 40:35

  • 1 Kings 8:11

    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.

  • Leviticus 16:2

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:2

    And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

  • Isaiah 6:4

    And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:13-14

    It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

  • Revelation 15:8

    And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

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Le 16:2; 1Ki 8:11; 2Ch 5:14; 7:2; Isa 6:4; Re 15:8

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Context

  • Exodus 40:34

    Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • Exodus 40:35

    And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • Exodus 40:36

    And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

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Exodus 40:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no podía Moisés entrar en el tabernáculo del testimonio, porque la nube estaba sobre él, y la gloria de Jehová lo tenía lleno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Moïse ne pouvait entrer dans la tente d’assignation; car la nuée demeura dessus, et la gloire de l’ Éternel remplissait le tabernacle.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose konnte nicht in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft hineingehen; denn die Wolke ruhte darauf, und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas erfüllte die Wohnung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		si pendebat desuper, manebant in eodem loco.