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Exodus 40:1-38

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 heart, there is a living temple in which the Spirit will be manifested.

Key Word: Finished, Exodus 40:33.

Strong Verses: Exodus 40:17; Exodus 40:34; Exodus 40:38.

Striking Facts: What the glory cloud was to the tabernacle, the Holy Spirit is to the Church and the temple, which is the believer's body. (1 Corinthians 6:19).

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See also Exodus 40:1-38 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XL _Moses is commanded to set up the tabernacle, the first day of_ _the first month of the second year of their departure from_ _Egypt_, 1, 2. _The ark to be put into it_, 3. _The table a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD (HEBREW. _ JEHOVAH._ SPAKE. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּ אמֹֽר

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The tabernacle being all finished, is now, at the command of God, to be set up in its place: then consecrated: Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. The command is executed. And the Lord give...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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: S...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TABERNACLE SET UP...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EXODUS CHAPTER 40 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, EXODUS 40:1; and anointed, EXODUS 40:9, Aaron and his sons sanctified, EXODUS 40:12. Moses performeth all things accordingly,...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 40:1 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8762) Moses H4872 saying H559 (H8800)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

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