Keluaran 20:11

20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Keluaran 27:21

27:21 In the tent of meeting ¹  outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening ²  to morning before the Lord. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come. ³ 

Keluaran 33:11

33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, ⁴  the way a person speaks ⁵  to a friend. Then Moses ⁶  would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent. ⁷ 

[27:21]  ¹ tn The LXX has mistakenly rendered this name “the tent of the testimony.”

[27:21]  ² sn The lamps were to be removed in the morning so that the wicks could be trimmed and the oil replenished (30:7) and then lit every evening to burn through the night.

[27:21]  ³ sn This is the first of several sections of priestly duties. The point is a simple one here: those who lead the worship use the offerings of the people to ensure that access to God is illumined regularly. The NT will make much of the symbolism of light.

[33:11]  ⁴ tn “Face to face” is circumstantial to the action of the verb, explaining how they spoke (see GKC 489-90 §156.c). The point of this note of friendly relationship with Moses is that Moses was “at home” in this tent speaking with God. Moses would derive courage from this when he interceded for the people (B. Jacob, Exodus, 966).

[33:11]  ⁵ tn The verb in this clause is a progressive imperfect.

[33:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:11]  ⁷ sn Moses did not live in the tent. But Joshua remained there most of the time to guard the tent, it seems, lest any of the people approach it out of curiosity.