Exodus 40:2

40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

What does Exodus 40:2 mean?

Exodus 40:2 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רִאשׁוֹן (riʼshôwn), יוֹם (yôwm), אֶחָד (ʼechâd). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

the

firstרִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwn/ree-shone'/H7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

the

firstאֶחָדʼechâd/ekh-awd'/H259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

monthחֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month

shalt

thou

set

upקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

the

tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân/mish-kawn'/H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)

the

tentאֹהֶלʼôhel/o'-hel/H168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

the

congregation.מוֹעֵדmôwʻêd/mo-ade'/H4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)

Commentary on Exodus 40:2

HENRY_FULL · Exodus 40:2

bernacle and the fixing of all the appurtenances of it in their proper places ( ver. 1-8 ), and the consecrating of it ( ver. 9-11 ), and of the priests, ver. 12-15 . II. Care is taken to do all this, and as it was appointed to be done, ver. 16-33 . III. God takes possession of it by the cloud, ver. 34 , &c. The Rearing of the Tabernacle. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 12:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

Exodus 12:2

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Exodus 13:4

This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Exodus 26:1

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. of cunning: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer

Exodus 26:7

And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

Exodus 26:30

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

Exodus 27:21

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 30:36

And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

Exodus 35:11

The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Exodus 36:18

And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

Exodus 40:6

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:17

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

Exodus 40:18

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

Exodus 40:19

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 7:1

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Exodus 40:2.

Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Exodus 12:18

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Exodus 12:2

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Exodus 23:15

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Exodus 26:12

And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:13

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. of that: Heb. in the remainder, or, surplus

Exodus 26:7

And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

Exodus 27:21

Frequently asked questions

What does Exodus 40:2 say?

Exodus 40:2 (King James Version) reads: "On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation."

Is Exodus 40:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Exodus 40:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.

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