“ And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. ”
Moses performed these priestly functions ( Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The things had been made expressly for the service of Yahweh, by...
XL. P s. The Erection of the Tent. After a further summary of instructions mostly given before ( Exodus 40:1-15 ), and involving the very latest developments ( cf. the anointing of the assistant p...
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
He lighted the lamps. — When the proper time came, i.e., at even. (Comp. Exodus 30:8 ; Leviticus 24:3 .)
the Tabernacle Set up and Dedicated Exodus 40:17-38 At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice all was finished. Moses had placed the table on the right and the candlestick on the lef...
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 wa...
Observe the expedition Moses used, and that every article was brought into immediate use.
And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ,.... The seven lamps belonging to it: this, though it was the business of the priests of Aaron, and his sons, yet they not being at present invested with th...
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. Th...
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the L ORD commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the taber...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘And Moses reared up the Dwellingplace, and laid its sockets, and set up its frames, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars. And he spread the tent over the Dwellingplace, and put the coverin...
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 manif...
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 wi...
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 injun...
EXPOSITION Exodus 40:1-2 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 t...
The Various Appointments in Place
Exodus 40:4 Exodus 25:37 Revelation 4:5