The Glory of the Lord

³⁴ Then the cloud^(A) covered the tent of meeting, and the glory^(B) of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

¹⁰ When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud^(A) filled the temple of the Lord.

¹¹ And the priests could not perform their service^(A) because of the cloud, for the glory^(B) of the Lord filled his temple.

¹¹ The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.^{(A) 12} All the Levites who were musicians^(B)—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.^{(C) 13} The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,^{(E) 14} and the priests could not perform^(F) their service because of the cloud,^(G) for the glory^(H) of the Lord filled the temple of God.

⁴ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.^(A)