Moseswas not ableto enterthe tentof meetingbecausethe cloudhad settledon it, and the gloryof the LORDfilledthe tabernacle.
It happenedthat when the priestscamefrom the holyplace, the cloudfilledthe houseof the LORD,
so that the priestscouldnot standto ministerbecauseof the cloud,for the gloryof the LORDfilledthe houseof the LORD.
The priestscouldnot enterinto the houseof the LORDbecausethe gloryof the LORDfilledthe LORD'Shouse.
It cameabout as Aaronspoketo the wholecongregationof the sonsof Israel,that they lookedtowardthe wilderness,and behold,the gloryof the LORDappearedin the cloud.
"I will meettherewith the sonsof Israel,and it shall be consecratedby My glory.
then the LORDwill createoverthe wholeareaof MountZionand overher assembliesa cloudby day,even smoke,and the brightnessof a flamingfireby night;for overallthe glorywill be a canopy.
For thussaysthe highand exaltedOne Who livesforever,whose nameis Holy,"I dwell[on] a highand holyplace, And [also] with the contriteand lowlyof spiritIn order to revivethe spiritof the lowlyAnd to revivethe heartof the contrite.
And the foundationsof the thresholdstrembledat the voiceof him who calledout, while the templewas fillingwith smoke.
Then the gloryof the LORDwentup from the cherubto the thresholdof the temple,and the templewas filledwith the cloudand the courtwas filledwith the brightnessof the gloryof the LORD.
And the gloryof the LORDcameinto the houseby the wayof the gatefacingtowardthe east.
The LORDsaidto Moses:"Tellyour brotherAaronthat he shall not enterat anytimeinto the holyplace insidethe veil,beforethe mercyseatwhichis on the ark,orhe will die;for I will appearin the cloudoverthe mercyseat.
Now when Moseswentinto the tentof meetingto speakwith Him, he heardthe voicespeakingto him from abovethe mercyseatthat was on the arkof the testimony,from betweenthe twocherubim,so He spoketo him.
Now on the daythat the tabernaclewas erectedthe cloudcoveredthe tabernacle,the tentof the testimony,and in the eveningit was like the appearanceof fireoverthe tabernacle,untilmorning.
And the templewas filledwith smokefrom the gloryof Godand from His power;and no onewas ableto enterthe templeuntilthe sevenplaguesof the sevenangelswere finished.
