Exodus 40

Exodus 40:1-38

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. 2. 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. 4. The things to be set upon it] i.e. the shewbread (see Exodus 40:23 and on Exodus 25:30). 5. Before the ark] in a line with it but outside the Holy of Holies: see Exodus 40:26, and see on Exodus 30:6. 9. Anoint the tabernacle] cp. Exodus 30:26-29. 12. See Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:4, Exodus 29:7. 17-33. The Uprearing of the Tabernacle. 19. The tent over the tabernacle] Heb. ’the tent over the dwelling.’ See on Exodus 25:9, Exodus 25:26 intro. 20. 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. 28. Hanging at the door] RV ‘screen of the door’: see Exodus 26:36. 29. Moses offers the first daily sacrifice (Exodus 29:40). 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. 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.