exodus-40:17-35

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 40:16-33

When the tabernacle and the furniture of it were prepared, they did not put off the rearing of it till they came to Canaan, though they now hoped to be there very shortly; but, in obedience to the will of God, they set it up in the midst of their camp, while they were in the wilderness. Those that are unsettled in the world must not think that this will excuse them in their continued irreligion; as if it were enough to begin to serve God when they begin to be settled in the world. No; a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 40:34-38

As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God's dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. The shechinah, the divine eternal Word, though not yet made flesh, yet, as a prelude to that event, came and dwelt among them, John 1:14. This was henceforward the place of his throne, and the place of the soles of his feet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:17

And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year ,.... Of the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt: on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up ; so that this was in the spring of the year, about the vernal equinox, on a new year's day, that this was done, which was beginning the year well: it was within a fortnight of a year after their coming out of Egypt, and when they had been about five months and a half in building the tabernacle; for such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:18

And Moses reared up the tabernacle ,.... Not of himself, but with the help of others: and fastened the sockets, and set up the boards thereof ; fixed the silver sockets all around, which were the foundation of the building, and placed and established the shittim boards in them: and put in the bars thereof ; to keep the boards close and tight: and reared up his pillars ; the pillars that supported the vail between the holy and holy of holies, and those on which the hanging for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:19

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle ,.... Which were curtains of goats' hair: and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; which was of rams' skins died red, and over that another covering of badgers' skins: as the Lord commanded Moses ; Exodus 26:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:20

And he took and put the testimony into the ark ,.... The ten commands, called the "testimony", because they testified and declared what was the will of God with respect to things to be done, or not done. The Targum of Jonathan says, he put the broken pieces of the tables into it; but what became of them, or were done with them, we nowhere read; and it does not appear that any other, but those that Moses hewed by the order of God, were put into the ark; see Deuteronomy 10:1 . and set the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:21

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle ,.... Into that part of it called the holy of holies: and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony ; the vail which divided between the and most holy place, and so kept out of sight the ark of the testimony within, from being seen by any, even by the priests in the holy place: as the Lord commanded Moses ; Exodus 26:33 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation ,.... In the holy place; for there the shewbread table, which is here meant, was put: upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail ; on the north side of the tabernacle, at a little distance from the walls, which were the curtains and boards, even in the holy place on the outside of the vail, which divided from the most holy place. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ,.... The shewbread, the twelve cakes of it, in two rows, six in a row: as the Lord had commanded Moses : Exodus 25:30 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:24

And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation ,.... In the same place, the holy place: over against the table: the shewbread table: on the side of the tabernacle southward : directly opposite to the table. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 40:16-33

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 40:34-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 40:24

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