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Exodus 40:1-38 open_in_new
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.
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Exodus 40:2 open_in_new
On the first day of the first month] i.e. of the month Abib (see on Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:41) in the second year after the exodus from Egypt (Exodus 40:17). They left Egypt on the fifteenth day of Abib, and arrived at Sinai in the third month: see Exodus 19:1.
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Exodus 40:4 open_in_new
The things to be set upon it] i.e. the shewbread (see Exodus 40:23 and on Exodus 25:30).
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Exodus 40:5 open_in_new
Before the ark] in a line with it but outside the Holy of Holies: see Exodus 40:26, and see on Exodus 30:6.
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Exodus 40:9 open_in_new
Anoint the tabernacle] cp. Exodus 30:26-29.
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Exodus 40:12 open_in_new
See Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:4; Exodus 29:7.
17-33. The Uprearing of the Tabernacle.
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Exodus 40:19 open_in_new
The tent over the tabernacle] Heb. 'the tent over the dwelling.' See on Exodus 25:9; Exodus 25:26 intro.
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Exodus 40:20 open_in_new
The testimony] the two tables of stone: see on Exodus 16:34; Exodus 16:21. Vail of the covering] RV 'veil of the screen': see on Exodus 26:3-33.
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Exodus 40:28 open_in_new
Hanging at the door] RV 'screen of the door': see Exodus 26:36.
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Exodus 40:29 open_in_new
Moses offers the first daily sacrifice (Exodus 29:40).
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Exodus 40:33 open_in_new
The court round about the tabernacle] see Exodus 27:9-19.
34-35. The Dwelling being prepared, the cloud descends and the glory of the Lord occupies the sanctuary.
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Exodus 40:34 open_in_new
A cloud] RV 'the cloud': it is the same cloud that has been so frequently mentioned already: see Exodus 13:21; Exodus 19:9 and note there, Exodus 33:9. The glory of the Lord] see Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:17.
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Exodus 40:35 open_in_new
Cp. Leviticus 16:2; 1 Kings 8:10-11; 2 Chronicles 5:13-14; 2 Chronicles 7:2.
36-38. See on Exodus 13:21, and cp. Numbers 9:15-23.