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, “Set up the tent (the tent of meeting) on the first day of the first month of the year. 3Place the ark containing the words of my promise inside it, and hang the canopy over the ark. 4Bring in the table, and arrange everything on it. Bring in the lamp stand, and set up the lamps.

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 the tent was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year ⌞after the Israelites had left Egypt⌟.
• Exodus 12:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
• Exodus 13:4Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt.
• Numbers 7:1When Moses finished setting up the tent, he anointed it and dedicated it and all the furnishings. He also anointed and dedicated the altar and all the utensils.
• Exodus 40:6“Put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
• Exodus 26:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Make the inner tent with ten sheets made from fine linen yarn. Take violet, purple, and bright red yarn, and creatively work an angel design into the fabric.
• Exodus 27:21In the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in the Lord’s presence from evening until morning. This is a permanent law among the Israelites for generations to come.”
• Exodus 30:36Grind some of it into a fine powder, and put it in front of ⌞the ark containing⌟ the words of my promise in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You must treat it as most holy.
• Exodus 35:11the inner tent, the outer tent, and cover, along with the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, and sockets,
• Exodus 36:18They also made 50 bronze fasteners to link the inner tent together as a single unit.

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