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 said to Moses, ‘On the first day of the first month, put up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. 3Put the Covenant Box in the tabernacle and hide it behind the special curtain. 4Bring in the special table and put the dishes on it. Then bring in the lampstand. Fix its lamps on it.

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 40:17So they put up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month. It was in the second year after they had left Egypt.
• Exodus 12:1The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the country of Egypt.
• Exodus 13:4Today you are leaving Egypt. It is the first month of the year, called Abib.
• Numbers 7:1When Moses had put up God's Tent, he poured special oil on it. He also poured it on the things in the tent, the altar and all the tools. This showed that all these things were special for God to use.
• Exodus 40:6Put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 26:1Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of very good linen. Also use blue, purple and red material. Tell a worker to use special skills to make pictures of cherubs on the curtains.
• Exodus 27:21Aaron and his sons must make sure that the lamps always give light from evening until morning. The lampstand will be in the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that hangs in front of the Covenant Box. The lamps must always give light there, where the Lord is. This will always be a rule for the Israelites, now and in the future.
• Exodus 30:36Beat some of the incense to make powder. Put this in front of the Covenant Box, in the Tent of Meeting. That is where I will meet with you. This incense will be a very holy thing for you.
• Exodus 35:11the tabernacle, with the tent and the other material that covers it; the rings, boards, sticks, poles and bases that are part of the tabernacle;
• Exodus 36:18They made 50 bronze hooks to join the two sets of curtains together. It made a single tent.

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