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Exodus 40:1 open_in_new
the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.
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Exodus 40:2 open_in_new
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 9:1-3). On the first day of the second month they were numbered (Numbers 1:1; Numbers 1:2): (50 days between Exodus 40:17 and Numbers 10:11). In the interval comes the book of Leviticus, and Numbers 1:1; Exodus 10:10. On the twentieth day of the second month the Tabernacle was taken down, and the journey began from Sinai to Canaan (Numbers 10:11). See App-50.
tabernacle.. habitation. Hebrew. mishkan, App-40. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40.
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Exodus 40:3 open_in_new
ark. See note on Exodus 25:22.
cover. screen.
ark. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel read "ark and the mercy seat".
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Exodus 40:4 open_in_new
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 25:23-30.
light. set up, or mount.
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Exodus 40:5 open_in_new
door. entrance.
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Exodus 40:10 open_in_new
most holy. Hebrew holiness of holinesses. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis.
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Exodus 40:11 open_in_new
foot. base.
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Exodus 40:12 open_in_new
tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel (App-40).
wash. bathe. Compare Exodus 29:1-4. with, or in.
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Exodus 40:13 open_in_new
anoint him. Compare Exodus 29:5-7.
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Exodus 40:14 open_in_new
clothe. Compare Exodus 29:8; Exodus 29:9.
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Exodus 40:15 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Exodus 40:19 open_in_new
as. according as. See note on Exodus 39:1, and note the seven occurrences of the expression "as Jehovah commanded Moses" in this chapter as in chapter 39.
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Exodus 40:20 open_in_new
mercy seat. See note on Exodus 25:1.
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Exodus 40:22 open_in_new
side. Hebrew. yarek. the opposite side.
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Exodus 40:29 open_in_new
burnt offering. Hebrew. 'olah, See App-43. washed. The ceremonial cleansings or "baptisms "(Hebrews 6:2), always performed by the persons themselves.
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Exodus 40:33 open_in_new
the work. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "all the work".
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Exodus 40:34 open_in_new
THE APPROBATION AND BLESSING OF JEHOVAH, Corresponding with that of Moses in Exodus 39:43.
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Exodus 40:36 open_in_new
when the cloud, &c. This continued till Moses' death, when the ark (which till then was carried in the midst of the host) took its place and went "before them". See Joshua 3:3-6; Joshua 3:11.
children. sons.
journeys. journeyings. Literally settings forward.
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Exodus 40:38 open_in_new
on it: i.e. in the cloud.
house of Israel. See note on Exodus 16:31.