Exodus 40:1

Setting Up the Tabernacle

1 Then the LORD said to Moses:

Exodus 40:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
ESV
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
NLT
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
MSG
1 God spoke to Moses:
CSB
1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Exodus 40:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
When the tabernacle, and the work of it, were finished, and he had taken a survey of it, and everything belonging to it, which appeared to be done as was ordered:

saying;
as follows.

Exodus 40:1 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.
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