Exodus 40:2

2 “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.

Exodus 40:2 in Other Translations

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

2 "On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

2 “Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year.

2 "On the first day of the first month, set up The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

2 "Set up the tent (the tent of meeting) on the first day of the first month of the year.

2 "You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.

2 "Set up the holy tent, the Tent of Meeting. Set it up 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 Then the LORD said to Moses:

2 “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.

3 Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.

4 Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 26:30
• 2. ver 34,35; Leviticus 1:1; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 9:23; Leviticus 16:16; Numbers 1:1; Numbers 7:89; Numbers 11:16; Numbers 17:4; Numbers 20:6; Joshua 18:1; Joshua 19:51; Jeremiah 7:12
• 3. ver 17; S Exodus 12:2; Numbers 9:1