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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year.

Context of Exodus 40:2

1Then the Lord said to Moses: “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. 3Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. 4Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its 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 tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
• Exodus 12:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
• Exodus 13:4Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving.
• Numbers 7:1When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.
• Exodus 40:6“Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;
• Exodus 26:1“Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.
• Exodus 27:21In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
• Exodus 30:36Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
• Exodus 35:11the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
• Exodus 36:18They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a 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