American Standard Version
Exodus 40:2
2On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. 4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
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בְּיוֹם־הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ תָּקִ֕ים אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 40:2
- Exodus 40:17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
- Exodus 12:1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
- Exodus 13:4This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
- Numbers 7:1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
- Exodus 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 26:1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 27:21In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 30:36and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
- Exodus 35:11the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
- Exodus 36:18And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
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
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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
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