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.