diff --git a/articles/tentofmeeting.md b/articles/tentofmeeting.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..56060d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/tentofmeeting.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Tent of Meeting + +The words "tent of meeting" were used to talk about a tent where God met with Moses before the tabernacle was built (see: Exodus 33:7-11). The tent of meeting was set up outside the camp of the Israelites. People went to the tent of meeting to ask God for something. A cloud would be at the entrance of the tent when Moses went into it to talk to God. The cloud was a sign of God’s presence. This temporary tent was no longer needed after the Israelites built the tabernacle. + +Sometimes the words “tent of meeting” were used to talk about the tabernacle (see: Exodus 39:32; 40:2). + +See: Tabernacle; Israel; Sign; Presence of God + + + +