On the distinction between the tent as the outer shelter and the tabernacle as the dwelling-place of Yahweh, which is very clear in these verses, s…

Moses was not able to enter into the tent. —Apparently, Moses, seeing the cloud descend, as it had been accustomed to do …

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the
congregation
He had been there b…

The cloud covered the tabernacle even on the clearest day; it was not a cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a sign of God's presence, to b…