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So when the Tabernacle was finished, "then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle."
[XLVI. Breaking God's Law]
So God told Moses to lead the Children of Israel to a mountain called Sinai, and there He commanded all the congregation to wait while He gave them His Holy Law.
Moses went up to the top of the mountain to meet God, and to hear Him speak, and the people waited in the plains below.
But before God began to give His law to the people, He sent Moses down again to them to warn them once more not to come near the mountain; and even Moses, who was God's faithful servant, felt that the sight was very terrible, when he drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
God had many things to say to Moses, and many instructions to give him about making the beautiful Tabernacle, where they were to worship Him; so that he was up in the mountains a very long time—forty days and forty nights—and by and by the people began to get tired of waiting.
THE GLORY OF GOD.
They began to distrust God, and people soon get disobedient who distrust God! Then they said to Aaron, "Make us gods to carry before us, for as for this Moses, we do not know what has become of him."