Numbers 16:42

WEB

It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

KJV

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

Commentary

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron,.... To kill them, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; who, perhaps, upon uttering their murmurs, made up to them, and by their gestures showed an intention to murder them: that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation; either the people did, to see whether they could observe any appearance of the displeasure of God against them; or rather Moses and Aaron looked that way for help and deliverance in this extreme danger, knowing there was no salvation for them but of the Lord, Jer 3:23 , and, behold, the cloud covered it; as when it was first erected, and which was a token of the divine Presence, Num 9:15 ; perhaps it had dispersed immediately upon the death of the rebels, and now returned again in favour of the servants of the Lord: and the glory of the Lord appeared; in the cloud, as in Num 16:19 ; to encourage Moses and Aaron, and to deliver them out of the hands of the people, and to the terror of them.