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A Symbol of Separation
Commentators unanimously agree that moving the tent 'afar off from the camp' was a powerful, physical symbol of the spiritual separation caused by Israel's idolatry. John Calvin calls it a 'sign of the divorce between God and the Israelites.' God's holy presence was removed from their midst to show them the severe consequence of their sin and the pollution it created.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 33:7
18th Century
Theologian
The tabernacle - The tent. The only word in the Old Testament that should be rendered “tabernacle,” משׁכן mı̂shkān, does n…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 33:7
19th Century
Bishop
Moses took the tabernacle. — Rather, Moses took his tent. The Hebrew article, like the Greek, often has the forc…
John Calvin
On Exodus 33:7
16th Century
Theologian
And Moses took the tabernacle. This was a sign of the divorce between God and the Israelites: the tabernacle was to be removed from the ca…
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John Gill
On Exodus 33:7
17th Century
Pastor
And Moses took the tabernacle Not that, the pattern of which he had been shown in the mount, for that was not as yet made…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 33:7–11
17th Century
Minister
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…