Exodus 40:2

Exodus 40:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
• New International Version (NIV)“Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Context of Exodus 40:2

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “On the first day of the first month (Abib) you shall set up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting [of God with you]. 3You shall place the ark of the Testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark [from the Holy Place of God’s Presence] with the veil (partition curtain). 4You shall bring in the table [for the bread] and arrange its setting; you shall bring in the lampstand and mount and light its lamps.

Exodus 40:2 word by word

בְּיוֹם־הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ תָּקִ֕ים אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• On the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• shalt thou set upקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
• the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• of the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of the congregationמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150

Cross-references for Exodus 40:2

• Exodus 40:17Now it happened on the first day of the first month (Abib) in the second year [after the exodus from Egypt], that the tabernacle was erected.
• Exodus 12:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
• Exodus 13:4On this day in the month Abib, you are about to go onward.
• Numbers 7:1On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it and all its furniture, and the altar and all its utensils; he also anointed them and consecrated them [for holy use].
• Exodus 40:6You shall set the [bronze] altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 26:1“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle (sacred tent of worship) with ten [interior] curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric; you shall make them with [embroidered] cherubim, the handwork of a skillful craftsman.
• Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which is in front of the [ark of the] Testimony [and sets it apart], Aaron [the high priest] and his sons shall keep the lamp burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual statute [to be observed] throughout their generations on behalf of the Israelites.
• Exodus 30:36You shall crush some of it [into a] very fine [powder], and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.
• Exodus 35:11the tabernacle (sacred dwelling of God), its tent and its covering, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
• Exodus 36:18He made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent together into a unit.

Commentaries on Exodus 40:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The first day of the first month - It Is generally supposed that the Israelites began the work of the tabernacle about the sixth month after they had left Egypt; and as the work was finished about the end of the first year of their exodus, (for it was set up the first day of the second year), that therefore they had spent about six months in making it: so that the tabernacle was erected one year all but fifteen days after they had left Egypt. Such a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2See Exodus 40:17.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In the Tent of Meeting, God met with Israel to communicate his will to them. On the first day of the new year, they set up the Tent of Meeting. This was one year after God announced the Passover and the beginning of Israel's calendar.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-382. On the first day of the first month--From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to have happened after the exodus (Ex 12:2; 13:4; 19:1; 20:18; 34:28, &c.), it has been computed that the work of the tabernacle was commenced within six months after that emigration; and consequently, that other six months had been occupied in building it. So long a period spent in preparing the materials of a movable pavilion, it would be difficult to…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 40:2

• Abib
• Month
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Papyrus
• Prayer

Commentaries on Exodus 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings