Exodus 40:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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 mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

Exodus 39:32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

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