John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 31:15

"And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent." — Deuteronomy 31:15 (ASV)

And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud ,
&c.] As he was wont to do, see (Exodus 33:9) ; in which cloud there was a lustre, a brightness, a glory visible, which showed that he was there:

and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle ;
it seems to have appeared first in the tabernacle, and then it came out of it, and stood over the door of it, near to which Moses and Joshua were: the Targum of Jonathan adds, ``Moses and Joshua stood without;'' though the former clause, according to Noldius ^F2 , should be "over the tabernacle", or above where the cloud was wont to be.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 164. No. 737.