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 shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. You shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps. 5Moreover, you shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle. 6You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of 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

• bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• in the tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• arrangeעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• whatעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
• in the lampstandמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• mountעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• its lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216

Cross-references for Exodus 40:4

• Exodus 40:22Then he 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 long and one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.
• Exodus 26:35You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
• Exodus 37:10Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.
• Leviticus 24:5“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
• Exodus 40:24Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
• Exodus 25:31“Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs 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

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