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 Adonai spoke to Moses saying, “On the first day of the first month, you will set up the Tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting. 3You are to put the Ark of the Testimony there, and screen off the Ark with the curtain. 4Then bring in the table, and set in order the bread that is on it. Bring in the menorah and light 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 40:17Now it happened during the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the Tabernacle was raised up.
• Exodus 12:1Now Adonai spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
• Exodus 13:4This day, in the month of Aviv, you are going out.
• Numbers 7:1When Moses finished setting up the Tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its implements, the altar and all its utensils, and he anointed and consecrated them.
• Exodus 40:6“Set the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 26:1“Moreover you are to make the Tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen, of blue , purple and scarlet, with cheruvim made by the work of a skillful craftsman.
• Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons will set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before Adonai. It will be a statute forever throughout their generations, on behalf of Bnei-Yisrael.
• Exodus 30:36You are to beat some of it into powder, and set it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It is to be most holy to you.
• Exodus 35:11the Tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its crossbars, its pillars and its bases;
• Exodus 36:18Also he made 50 bronze clasps to couple the tent together, so that it would be one.

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