Exodus 33:7-11

The Voice

⁷ Moses used to take a tent^[a] and put it up far away from the camp. He referred to it as the meeting tent. Everyone who sought the Eternal One would go out to the meeting tent, which was located well outside the camp. ⁸ When the people heard that Moses was going out to the tent, they would get up and stand at the entrance of their own tents and watch him until he had gone inside. ⁹ When Moses entered the tent, the cloud pillar descended to the tent’s entrance, and the Eternal would talk with Moses. ¹⁰ When people witnessed the cloud pillar standing at the meeting tent’s entrance, they would stand and bow in worship at the entrance of their own tents. ¹¹ The Eternal spoke with Moses face-to-face, just as a friend speaks to another friend. After they were done, Moses would come back to camp but his young assistant Joshua (Nun’s son) would remain behind.