Deuteronomy 31:15 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle, in the pillar of a cloude: and the pillar of the cloude stoode ouer the doore of the Tabernacle.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:13 And that their children which haue not knowen it, may heare it, and learne to feare the Lord your God, as long as ye liue in the lande, whither ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 31:14 Then the Lord saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

Deuteronomy 31:15 And the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle, in the pillar of a cloude: and the pillar of the cloude stoode ouer the doore of the Tabernacle.

Deuteronomy 31:16 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

Deuteronomy 31:17 Wherefore my wrath will waxe hote against them at that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them: then they shalbe consumed, and many aduersities and tribulations shall come vpon them: so then they will say, Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "appeared", "tabernacle", "pillar", "cloude", and "stoode". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "appeared", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Then the Lord saide vnto Moses Beholde..." into verse 16's "And the Lord said vnto Moses Behold...", so "lord" and "appeared" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "appeared" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.