Exodus 40:2

“Put up the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month of the year.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1The Lord told Moses,

3Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:4Today you are on your way, this day in the month of Abib.

Exodus 26:7Make eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.

Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning in the Lord's presence from evening until morning. This requirement is to be observed by the Israelites for all generations.

Exodus 35:11the Tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clips and frames, its crossbars, posts, and stands;

Exodus 40:6Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting while they were in the Sinai desert. This was on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had left Egypt. He told him,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:2-16

The Rearing of the Tabernacle. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 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. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the… Read the whole commentary →

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