English Standard Version
Exodus 40:4
4And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the lamps.
Context of Exodus 40:4
2"On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
Read all of Exodus 40Exodus 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 40:22He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
- Exodus 25:23"You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 26:35And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.
- Exodus 37:10He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Leviticus 24:5"You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
- 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 shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
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
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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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