Exodus 40:19

19 and he stretched out the roof upon the tabernacle, and he put a covering above (it), as the Lord commanded. (and he stretched out the tent over the Tabernacle, and he put the coverings over the tent, as the Lord commanded.)

Exodus 40:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:19

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle
Which were curtains of goats' hair:

and put the covering of the tent above upon it;
which was of rams' skins died red, and over that another covering of badgers' skins:

as the Lord commanded Moses;
( Exodus 26:7 Exodus 26:14 ) .

Exodus 40:19 In-Context

17 Therefore in the first month of the second year, in the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set. (And so in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the Tabernacle was set up.)

18 And Moses areared it, and he set (up) the boards, and bases, and bars, and he ordained [the] pillars;

19 and he stretched out the roof upon the tabernacle, and he put a covering above (it), as the Lord commanded. (and he stretched out the tent over the Tabernacle, and he put the coverings over the tent, as the Lord commanded.)

20 He put also the witnessing, that is, the tables of the law, in the ark, and he set the bars within (the rings), and God's answering place above (the ark). (And he put the Witnessing, that is, the tablets of the Law, into the Ark, that is, the Box for the tablets, and he set the bars within the rings, and he put the propitiatory, that is, the mercy seat, or the lid, on the Box.)

21 And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he hanged a veil before it, that he should fulfill the commandment of the Lord. (And when he had brought the Ark into the Tabernacle, he hung up the Veil in front of it, as the Lord commanded him.)