Exodus 40:1

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

Leeser Tanakh

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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Cross References

Exodus 31:7The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the cover that is thereupon, and all the vessels of the tabernacle;

Exodus 39:32Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; and the children of Israel had made it in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so had they made it.

1 Chronicles 21:29But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, were at that time in the high-place at Gib'on.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:1

In this chapter, I. Orders are given for the setting up of the tabernacle 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. Read the whole commentary →

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