Exodus 40:4

Exodus 40:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.

Context of Exodus 40:4

2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. 3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil. Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps. 5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. 6Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 40:4 word by word

וְהֵבֵאתָ֙ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ן וְעָרַכְתָּ֖ אֶת־עֶרְכּ֑וֹ וְהֵבֵאתָ֙ אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָ֔ה וְהַעֲלֵיתָ֖ אֶת־נֵרֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• Then bring inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• and set outעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• its arrangementעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
• the lampstand as wellמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• and set upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• its lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216

Cross-references for Exodus 40:4

• Exodus 40:22Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
• Exodus 25:23You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 26:35And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
• Exodus 37:10He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Leviticus 24:5You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
• Exodus 40:24He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
• Exodus 25:31Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Commentaries on Exodus 40:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things, etc. - That is, Thou shalt place the twelve loaves upon the table in the order before mentioned. See Clarke's note on Exodus 25:30.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The directions given in Leviticus 24:5-9 are here presupposed, and must have been issued before this chapter was written.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33). The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and…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

In the dictionaries

• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Order
• 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