Tabernacle: One Existed Before Moses Received the Pattern Authorized on Mount Sinai
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Exodus 33:7–11
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. / Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent. / As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.