Keluaran 40:32-38

40:32 Whenever they entered ¹  the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached ²  the altar, they would wash, ³  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

40:33 And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 40:35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 40:36 But when the cloud was lifted up ⁴  from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out ⁵  on all their journeys; 40:37 but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. ⁶  40:38 For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be ⁷  on it at night, in plain view ⁸  of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

[40:32]  ¹ tn The construction is the infinitive construct with the temporal preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive. This temporal clause indicates that the verb in the preceding verse was frequentative.

[40:32]  ² tn This is another infinitive construct in a temporal clause.

[40:32]  ³ tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.

[40:36]  ⁴ tn The construction uses the Niphal infinitive construct to form the temporal clause.

[40:36]  ⁵ tn The imperfect tense in this context describes a customary action.

[40:37]  ⁶ tn The clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct in the temporal clause: “until the day of its being taken up.”

[40:38]  ⁷ tn Here is another imperfect tense of the customary nuance.

[40:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the eyes of all”; KJV, ASV, NASB “in the sight of all”; NRSV “before the eyes of all.”