Bible Strands
Exodus 29:43
I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses regarding the perpetual burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, designating that specific location as the site of His ongoing presence and priestly consecration.
The words — The Hebrew נֹעַדְתִּי (no'adti) literally means "I will meet" or "I will assemble," and נִקְדַּשׁ (nikdash) means "it will be shown as holy" or "consecrated." These terms anchor the verse's claim that divine encounter and sanctification originate from God's action toward a designated place.
The thread — The pattern of God's glory filling a sacred structure and enabling divine meeting appears in Exodus 40:34, 1 Kings 8:11, and 2 Chronicles 5:14.
Why it lands — The text declares that a physical location and its appointed ministers become holy solely through God's initiative to meet there, requiring the reader to recognize that worship depends on divine presence rather than human preparation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:11 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 2 Chronicles 5:14 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- Ezekiel 43:5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Haggai 2:7 I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.