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All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshipped, everyone at their tent door.
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Worship as Repentance
Commentators agree that the people's worship was not a routine act but a sign of genuine repentance. Following their great sin with the golden calf, this collective bowing showed their desire to be at peace with God. As one scholar notes, it was a "proof of their penitence," giving them hope that God would be merciful.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The tabernacle door - The entrance of the tent.
The people by their act of worship gave another proof of their penitence.
19th Century
Anglican
MOSES ESTABLISHES A TEMPORARY TABERNACLE.
Moses, having experienced the blessedness of solitary communion with God during th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door They being ever…
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Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp. This seems to have been a temporary building, set up for worship, and where he judged di…