New Living Translation
Exodus 40:4
4Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the 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.
- 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“Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year. 3Place the Ark of the Covenant inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place. Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the lamps. 5“Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 6Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the Tabernacle entrance.
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 40:22Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain.
- Exodus 25:23“Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- Exodus 26:35Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
- Exodus 37:10Then Bezalel made the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- Leviticus 24:5“You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts of flour for each loaf.
- Exodus 40:24He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.
- Exodus 25:31“Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
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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