meeting: time appointed
mo.ed denotes a designated tent, a set time, or recurring sacred occasions in the verses supplied.
The supplied verses most often use the singular noun in the phrase rendered “tent of meeting,” identifying the tent where priests serve and where Moses and Joshua stand. Elsewhere it marks a fixed or future time, including deadlines and predicted times, and its plural forms occur among recurring sacred observances.
Senses in use
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The designated tent · dominant
In the singular forms of Exodus 29:42, the APB renders the clause “at the entrance of the tent of meeting,” where the continual offering is presented and where the LORD says, “I will meet you there to speak to you.” In Exodus 33:7, two singular forms occur in the tent Moses placed outside the camp, which the APB calls “the tent of meeting” and to which those seeking the LORD came.
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A fixed or anticipated time · common
The singular noun marks a set point in time: Saul waits the time set by Samuel in 1 Samuel 13:8, while Amasa delays beyond the time set for him in 2 Samuel 20:5. In Daniel 11:29 and Daniel 8:19, the APB renders clauses concerning an “appointed time” for a return and for the end.
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Recurring sacred observances · occasional
Plural forms occur in lists of regular observances alongside Sabbaths and new moons. In 1 Chronicles 23:31 the APB renders burnt offerings offered on “appointed festivals,” and Ezekiel 45:17 places offerings at feasts, new moons, Sabbaths, and all the observances of Israel.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the noun within the phrase “tent of meeting”; in temporal clauses it uses “appointed time,” and in observance lists it uses “appointed festivals,” “appointed times,” or “appointed meetings.” These renderings present the clauses rather than assigning a fixed English equivalent to every occurrence.