Exodus 40:2
“On the first day of the first month next year, tell the people to set up the Sacred Tent.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Cross References
Exodus 13:4You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is named Abib.
Exodus 26:7Also, tell them to make a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.
Exodus 27:21They must put the lampstand outside of the curtain which is in front of the sacred chest which contains the stone slabs on which I have written my commandments. Aaron must take care of the lamps. After he dies, his descendants must do this work. The lamps are to burn every night, from evening until morning. The Israeli people must obey this regulation throughout all future generations.”
Exodus 35:11The Sacred Tent and its covering, its fasteners and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, its bases,
Exodus 40:6Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the Sacred Tent.
Numbers 1:1In April of the year after the Israeli people left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me while he/I was in the Sacred Tent, in the Sinai Desert. Yahweh said to him/me,
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 →