Exodus 40:2

2 On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,

3 and thou shalt place the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,

4 and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

5 And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.