Exodus 33:7
The Presence of the Lord
33:7 Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone seeking the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.
Exodus 33:9-11
33:9 And
whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the
Lord would speak with Moses.
33:10 When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship.
33:11 The
Lord would speak to Moses face to face,
the way a person speaks
to a friend. Then Moses
would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.