Exodus 40:1-3

Setting Up the Tabernacle

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.

Exodus 40:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION OF EXODUS 40\\

This chapter contains the order for setting up the tabernacle, and
placing the furniture of it where it was the will of God it should be
put, Ex 40:1-8 and for the anointing it, and all its vessels, and
also Aaron and his sons, Ex 40:9-16 all which were accordingly
done, the tabernacle was reared up, and everything was put in its
proper place, Ex 40:16-33 upon which a cloud covered the tent, and
the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses could not
enter; which cloud afterwards was a direction in their journeys, by
night and by day, Ex 40:34-38.

Cross References 4

  • 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
  • 4. ver 21; Numbers 4:5; S Exodus 26:33
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