Exodus 40:17

And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.

18And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:2This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year.

Numbers 7:1And it came to pass in the day in which Moses finished the setting up of the tabernacle, that he anointed it, and consecrated it, and all its furniture, and the altar and all its furniture, he even anointed them, and consecrated them.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:17-34

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 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. 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. 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. 20 And he took and put the… Read the whole commentary →

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