Exodus 39:32-43

Preparations Complete

32 And all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly was finished, and the {Israelites} had done according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its bars, and its pillars and its bases;

34 and the covering of the red-dyed ram skins and the covering of fine leather and the curtain of the screen;

35 the ark of the testimony and its poles and the atonement cover;

36 the table, all its equipment, and the bread of the presence;

37 the pure [gold] lampstand, its lamps--the lamps of the row--and all its equipment and the oil of the light;

38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent;

39 the bronze altar, and the bronze grating that [is] for it, its poles, and all its equipment, the basin and its stand,

40 the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the courtyard gate, its tent cords and its {pegs}; and all the equipment of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of assembly,

41 the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary--the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

42 According to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the {Israelites} did all the work.

43 And Moses saw all the work, and, indeed, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded; so they did, and Moses blessed them.

Exodus 39:32-43 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 39

In this chapter is continued the account of making the several things belonging to the sanctuary, particularly the clothes for the service of the tabernacle, and the garments of the priests, as the ephod and its curious girdle, Ex 39:1-7 the breastplate and the putting of the stones in it, and the fastening of it to the ephod, Ex 39:8-21 the robe of the ephod, with the bells and pomegranates to it, Ex 39:21-26 and the coats, mitre, bonnets, breeches, and girdle of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, Ex 39:27-29 and the golden plate, Ex 39:30,31 and all being finished, the tabernacle and everything belonging to it were brought to Moses, and viewed by him; who seeing that all was done exactly according to the commandment of the Lord, blessed the people, and particularly the artificers, Ex 39:38-43.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
• [b]. Or "boards" or "planks"
• [c]. Literally "hands"
• [d]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"