George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 40:2
Month of the second year, ver. 15. The first day of every month was kept with some degree of solemnity, though it was not a day of rest. (Numbers xxxiii. 11.; 1 Kings xx. 5.; &c.) (Calmet)
Month of the second year, ver. 15. The first day of every month was kept with some degree of solemnity, though it was not a day of rest. (Numbers xxxiii. 11.; 1 Kings xx. 5.; &c.) (Calmet)
Verse Exodus 40:2. _THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH_] It Is generally supposed that the Israelites began the work of the tabernacle about the _sixth month_ after they had left Egypt; and as the work...
See Exodus 40:17....
7. THE TABERNACLE SET UP, THE FINISHED WORK AND THE GLORY CHAPTER 40 _ 1. Jehovah gives the directions (Exodus 40:1)_ 2. Moses' obedience (Exodus 40:16) 3. The tabernacle set up (Exodus 40:17) 4
XL. P S. THE ERECTION OF THE TENT. After a further summary of instructions mostly given before (Exodus 40:1), and involving the very latest developments (_cf._ the anointing of the assistant priests i...
THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. Six events in Scripture on this day. See note on Genesis 8:13. FIRST MONTH. On the fourteenth day the first Pass-over was kept (Numbers 9:1). On the _first_ day of th...
Moses is instructed by Jehovah to set up the Tent of Meeting, and the Court, to arrange the sacred vessels in their places (_vv._2 8), to consecrate the whole by anointing it (_vv._9 11), to clothe th...
_the first day of the first month_ viz. (_v._17) of the second year of the Exodus, nine months since the arrival at Sinai (Exodus 19:1). _the_ DWELLING _of the tent of meeting_ as Exodus 39:32....
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH— That is, of the _second year_ after the departure from Egypt. See the 17th verse, and the last note on the former chapter....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 40 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying, (2) On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. (3) And thou shalt put ther...
_ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH SHALT THOU SET UP THE TABERNACLE OF THE TENT OF THE CONGREGATION._ On the first day of the first month. From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to...
THE TABERNACLE ERECTED 1-16. Moses is commanded to uprear the Tabernacle and consecrate it, together with its furniture, and the priests by anointing them....
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH] i.e. of the month Abib (see on Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:41) in the second year after the exodus from Egypt (Exodus 40:17). They left Egypt on the fifteenth day of Ab...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 40 MOSES PUTS GOD’S SPECIAL TENT INTO ITS PLACE AND THE *ISRAELITES...
XL. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UPREARING OF THE TABERNACLE. (1-8) Though the work was now complete, and all the parts of the Tabernacle made ready, Moses did not at once proceed to erect it. As when he...
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. — The Israelites had quitted Egypt on the fourteenth day of the first month, Abib (Exodus 12:6). They had reached the wilderness of Sinai in the course of the thir...
בְּ יֹום ־הַ חֹ֥דֶשׁ הָ רִאשֹׁ֖ון בְּ
DIRECTIONS FOR ERECTING THE TABERNACLE Exodus 40:1 On the new year's day of the second year of the exodus Moses was bidden to rear up the Tabernacle, and with his own hand to place each article in it...
Very full details are given concerning the preparation of the holy garments of the priests, all of which were made strictly according to the pattern. We then come to the definite statement, "Thus was...
On the (a) first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. (a) After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginn...
Numbers 7:1. It was just one year, wanting only 14 days, from the time of the people's coming out of Egypt, to the consecration of the tabernacle. Memorable providences demand suitable memorandums. 2...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
Exodus 40:2._On the first day of the first month _I cannot at all approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all it...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 35 THROUGH 40. Besides the separation of Israel from the inhabitants of the land wherein they were to dwell, which is found in chapter 34, there is in chapter...
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...
_Thou shalt set up the tabernacle_ The time for doing this was, _On the first day of the first month_ This wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt. Probably the work was made r...
1 The Tabernacle is commanded to be reared, 9 and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sonnes to be sanctified. 16 Moses performeth all things accordingly. 34 A cloude couereth the Tabernacle. 1 AND the LO...
THE TABERNACLE SET UP...
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation. This was on the first of Nisan, or Abib, at the beginning of the second year after the children of...
SIXTH SECTION The Erection of the Tabernacle and its Dedication as the Place of the Revelation of the Glory of Jehovah. (Analogies: Abraham’s Grove at Mamre; Jacob’s Bethel; Solomon’s Temple; Zerubba...
THE TABERNACLE ERECTED AND ARRANGED (vs.1-33) About one year had elapsed after the Passover in Egypt. Now the Lord instructs Moses to set up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month. The fi...
1-15 When a new year begins, we should seek to serve God better than the year before. In half a year the tabernacle was completed. When the hearts of numbers are earnest in a good cause, much may be d...
To wit, of the second year after their coming out of Egypt, as is evident....
These Chapter s contain a recapitulation of the various parts of the tabernacle and its furniture; and inasmuch as, I have already given what I believe to be the import of the more prominent parts, it...
Exodus 40:2 first H7223 day H3117 first H259 month H2320 up H6965 (H8686) tabernacle H4908 tent H168 meeting...
THE DWELLINGPLACE IS SET UP (EXODUS 40:1). We note again that the order goes from the most holy (the Ark) to the least holy (the hangings of the court) as is customary when dealing with the details o...
FIRST MONTH That is, April....
CONTENTS: Tabernacle set up. God's glory manifested. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: God will dwell with those who prepare Him a habitation. Where God has a throne and an altar in the hea...
REFLECTIONS. _On the first day of the first month_ of Abib, the tabernacle was reared. How time steals away! One year is gone; and what an eventful year to Israel, but now crowned with glory and with...
_Set up the Tabernacle._ THE PRIMARY AND UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION TO THE WORSHIP OF JEHOVAH; THE PROPER MEANS TO ITS RIGHT PERFORMANCE, WITH THEIR EVIDENCES AND FRUITS I. What is implied in the injuncti...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 40:34. The glory of the Lord.] This was a sensuous manifestation by which the presence of Jehovah in the tabernacle was made known to the people of Israel, but this manifestati...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 40:1 THE COMMAND TO SET UP THE TABERNACLE, AND ITS PERFORMANCE. All was now ready. Bezaleel and Aholiab had completed their task. The work for the tabernacle had been given in, a
And so the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shall thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and...
the first month Exodus 40:17 Exodus 12:1 Exodus 12:2 Exodus 13:4 Numbers 7:1 tabernac
The time for doing this is, On the first day of the first month — This wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt. Probably the work was made ready just at the end of the year, so...