Exodus 40:2

2 Set up the meeting tent dwelling on the first day of the first month.

Exodus 40:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:2

On the first day of the first month
Which was the month Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; which was the month the children of Israel came out of Egypt, out of which they had now been a whole year, excepting fourteen days:

shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation;
the tabernacle, which had a tent or covering over it, to which the people were gathered at times for religious service.

Exodus 40:2 In-Context

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 Set up the meeting tent dwelling on the first day of the first month.

3 Place the chest containing the covenant inside the dwelling. Hide the chest from view with the veil.

4 Bring in the table and arrange its items. Bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5 Place the gold altar for burning incense in front of the chest containing the covenant. Set up the screen at the dwelling's entrance.

Footnotes

• [a] March–April, Abib