Exodus 33:7

“And Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought YHWH would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.”

Exodus 33:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 33:7, word by word

And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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used to takeיִקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

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and pitchנָטָהnata

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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far offהַרְחֵקharchek

be far

To be distant: "do not stay away from me".

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and he calledקָרָאkara

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

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And everyoneהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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who soughtמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh

seek God

To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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would go outיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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Translation note

This tent is not yet the dwelling (which is set up in Exodus 40), but a tent outside the camp where Moses met with YHWH.

The context

6So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb on.

7 · This verse (above)

8And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each man at the entrance of his tent, and watch after Moses until he went into the tent.

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