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“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. 3Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the curtain. Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle. 6Position 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• in the tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• and set in orderעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• the things that are to be set in orderעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
• in the candlestickמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• and lightעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• the 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 curtain.
• Exodus 25:23“You are to construct a table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
• Exodus 26:35Place the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table; put the table on the north side.
• Exodus 37:10He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
• Leviticus 24:5“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.
• Exodus 40:24He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
• Exodus 25:31“You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental 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