Exodus 40:18

18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.

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Exodus 40:18 in Other Translations

KJV

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.

ESV

18 Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.

NLT

18 Moses erected the Tabernacle by setting down its bases, inserting the frames, attaching the crossbars, and setting up the posts.

MSG

18 Moses set it up: He laid its bases, erected the frames, placed the crossbars, set the posts,

CSB

18 Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

Exodus 40:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:18

And Moses reared up the tabernacle
Not of himself, but with the help of others:

and fastened the sockets, and set up the boards thereof;
fixed the silver sockets all around, which were the foundation of the building, and placed and established the shittim boards in them:

and put in the bars thereof;
to keep the boards close and tight:

and reared up his pillars;
the pillars that supported the vail between the holy and holy of holies, and those on which the hanging for the door of the tabernacle was put, as well as the several pillars all around the court of the tabernacle for the hangings of that.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 40:18 In-Context

16 Moses did everything just as the LORD commanded him.

17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.

18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.

19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the LORD commanded him.

20 He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.

Cross References 2

1. 2 Chronicles 1:3
2. Exodus 36:20-34