Leviticus 1:1

And the Lord called The tabernacle had been reared up, and the cloud had covered it (Exodus 40:17-34); Moses, who was not able to enter into the tent of meeting (Exodus 40:35), remains without, and receives the first ordinances issued from within the tent. The verse connects these ordinances about sacrifice (chs. 1 7) with Exodus 40:35, and the erection of the tabernacle.

out of the tent of meeting The place from which God issues His commands is more exactly described (Exodus 25:22; Numbers 7:89) as -from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim." The tent (-tabernacle" A.V.) is called the -tent of meeting" (Heb. "Ohel Mô-çd) because it is the appointed place of meetingwhere the Lord meets Moses (Exodus 25:22; Exodus 30:6; Exodus 30:36), and the children of Israel (Exodus 29:43). The account of the tent of meeting in Exodus 33:7-11 (E), though different in some points from that of P, describes it as the place where the Lord meets Moses (-the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door (opening) of the Tent: and the Lordspake with Moses"). See Driver's notes on Exodus 27:21, and on the passages here quoted, and Intr. to Pent.pp. 84 f. The translation of A.V. tabernacle of the congregationrenders mô-çd(-appointed meeting place") as if it were - çdâh(congregation), and suggests that the tabernacle was the place where the children of Israel assembled. But they were not allowed to come near it (Numbers 17:13); only priests and Levites were permitted to draw nigh.