the Lord appears for the first time in the tabernacle, "the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door"
Exodus 40:34-38
"A cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle"
Leviticus 9:23-24
At the tabernacle, "the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people"
1 Kings 8:10-11
The priests were administering and "the cloud filled the house of the Lord … the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord."
2 Chronicles 5:13-14
same event as in 1 Kings 8, "the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord"