Exodus 40:4

_AND THOU SHALT BRING IN THE TABLE, AND SET IN ORDER THE THINGS THAT ARE TO BE SET IN ORDER UPON IT; AND THOU SHALT BRING IN THE CANDLESTICK, AND LIGHT THE LAMPS THEREOF._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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 done in a short time; and when the commandments of God are continually attended to, as the rule of working, all will be done well. The high-priesthood was in the family of Aaron till Christ came, and in Him, the substance of all these shadows, it continues for ever....

Verse Exodus 40:4. _THOU SHALT BRING IN THE TABLE, AND SET IN ORDER THE_ _THINGS, C._] That is, Thou shalt place the twelve loaves upon the table in the order before mentioned. Exodus 25:30....

The directions given in Leviticus 24:5 are here presupposed, and must have been issued before this chapter was written....

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, and had been approved Moses did not however at once set it up. He waited for a command from God. After a short interval, the command came. He was ordered to select the first day of the ensuing year—the first day of the first year of freedom—for the operation. Directions were given him, which fixed the order in which the various parts were to be set up, and assigned to the various articles of furniture their proper places ...

AND THOU SHALL BRING IN THE TABLE,.... The table of shewbread, which was to be set in the holy place: AND SET IN ORDER THE THINGS THAT ARE TO BE SET IN ORDER UPON IT; besides the dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls, there were the twelve loaves of shewbread to be set in two rows: AND THOU SHALL BRING IN THE CANDLESTICK, AND LIGHT THE LAMPS THEREOF; which was to be brought and set in the same holy place with the shewbread table; and though the lamps were to be lighted by Aaron, the priest of the Lord, he being not yet consecrated, the office was performed by Moses....

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. The ark brought in (Exodus 40:20) 5. The furniture placed and the offerings brought (Exodus 40:22) 6. The laver and the court (Exodus 40:30) 7. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle ...

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 in Exodus 40:15), the actual erection is described _in_ Exodus 40:16, Moses himself inaugurating the ceremonial of worship (Exodus 40:23; Exodus 40:25; Exodus 40:27; Exodus 40:29). Bo

SET IN ORDER: i, e. in two piles, six loaves in each pile, answering to the stones on the shoulders of the High Priest. There was. golden dish at the bottom of each, and another reversed on the top, with. golden bowl of frankincense on the top. Compare Exodus 25:23. LIGHT. set up, or mount....

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 the priests in their vestments, and to anoint them (_vv._12 15). Most of these instructions have been given before; now that the time has come for carrying them out, they are summarily repeated (though not all that are necessary are given here; see _vv._17 ff.)....