And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
All the people rose up, and stood. Its removal produced deep and universal consternation; and it is easy to conceive how anxiously all eyes would be directed toward it; how rapidly the happy intelligence would spread, when a phenomenon was witnessed from which an encouraging hope could be founded.