Exodus 40:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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Cross References

Exodus 31:7the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

Exodus 39:32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

1 Chronicles 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

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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