There also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory. The meeting that happens at the tent of meeting's entrance is not only Moses' private encounter with God but the community's. I will meet with the Israelites — the whole covenant people are met by God at the place of daily sacrifice. The place's consecration comes from God's glory, not from human ritual or architectural quality. The consecration that matters is the divine one: the glory that fills the tabernacle in Exodus 40:34–35 is the glory that the daily sacrifice calls down. The place becomes holy because God meets there; the daily offering creates the occasion for the meeting.

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