An expression that occurs frequently in the O.T. It sometimes denotes the fulness of the majesty of God, revealed in the world and made known to men (Num. 14: 21-22; Isa. 6: 3; Isa. 66: 19); in other places it denotes some outward and visible manifestation of the Divine presence (Ex. 33: 17-23; Ezek. 1: 28; Ezek. 9: 3; Ezek. 10: 4, 18-19; Ezek. 11: 23; Ezek. 43: 2-5; cf. Luke 2: 9; Luke 9: 32; John 1: 14).