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43 There I will meet[a] with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.[b]

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  1. Exodus 29:43 tn The verb now is a Niphal perfect from the same root, with a vav (ו) consecutive. It simply continues the preceding verb, announcing now that he would meet the people.
  2. Exodus 29:43 tn Or “will be sanctified by my glory” (KJV and ASV both similar).sn The tabernacle, as well as the priests and the altar, will be sanctified by the power of Yahweh’s presence. The reference here is to when Yahweh enters the sanctuary in all his glory (see Exod 40:34f.).

44 “So I will set apart as holy[a] the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons that they may minister as priests to me.

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  1. Exodus 29:44 tn This verse affirms the same point as the last, but now with an active verb: “I will set apart as holy” (or “I will sanctify”). This verse, then, probably introduces the conclusion of the chapter: “So I will….”

14 For you must not worship[a] any other god,[b] for the Lord, whose name[c] is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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  1. Exodus 34:14 tn Heb “bow down.”
  2. Exodus 34:14 sn In Exod 20:3 it was “gods.”
  3. Exodus 34:14 sn Here, too, the emphasis on God’s being a jealous God is repeated (see Exod 20:5). The use of “name” here is to stress that this is his nature, his character.

35 You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

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