Exodus 40:2

2 "On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, which is the Meeting Tent.

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 "On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, which is the Meeting Tent.

3 Put the Ark of the Agreement in it and hang the curtain in front of the Ark.

4 Bring in the table and arrange everything on the table that should be there. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5 Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the Ark of the Agreement, and put the curtain at the entrance to the Holy Tent.