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NASB | Exodus 33:11 Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 33:11 And so the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his attendant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. |
Bible Question:
In this verse it says....And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle..... Why did Joshua not leave the tabernacle when Moses left? |
Bible Answer: Hi craftienanna, Welcome to the forum. Exodus 33:7 says that "everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp." Joshua wanted therefore to be in His presence and He went into the tabernacle (tent of meeting). You ask, "Why did Joshua not leave the tabernacle?". I would say that Joshua would leave the tabernacle only when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle. Exodus 40:36, "And throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;" It appears to me either Moses or Joshua were always in His presence in the tabernacle. If one left the other would be there. There probably is some application to be made there for a church's ministry with Senior and Associate pastors and team ministry. We welcome your thoughts here. From the heart, Ray |