\INTRODUCTION OF Ex. 40:1–38\ This chapter contains the order for setting up the tabernacle, and placing the furniture of it where it was the will of God it should be put, Ex. 40:1–8 and for the anointing it, and all its vessels, and also Aaron and his sons, Ex.

And the Lord spake unto Moses When the tabernacle, and the work of it, were finished, and he had taken a survey of it, and everything belonging to it, which appeared to be done as was ordered: saying; as follows.

On the first day of the first month Which was the month Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; which was the month the children of Israel came out of Egypt, out of which they had now been a whole year, excepting fourteen days: shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the…

And thou shall put therein the ark of the testimony The ark or chest where the law was, a testimony of the divine will, and which was to be put into the most holy place of the tabernacle: and cover the ark with the vail; not with the propitiatory or mercy seat, as the Targum of Jonathan; for though…

And thou shall bring in the table The table of shewbread, which was to be set in the holy place: and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; besides the dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls, there were the twelve loaves of shewbread to be set in two rows: and thou shall bring in…

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony Not in the most holy place where the ark was, but over against it in the holy place: and put the hanging of the door of the tabernacle; the door of entrance into the holy place, where there were to be no other…

And thou shall set the altar of the burnt offering Where the sacrifices of the people were to be brought, and offered up by the priests; and this was to be set up in the open court, as it was proper it should, both because of the smell and smoke of the sacrifices: before the door of the tabernacle…

And thou shall set the laver As is directed in (See Gill on Ex. 30:18).

And thou shall set up the court round about Which consisted of various hangings, east, west, north, and south; see .

And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle In this, and the two following verses (Ex. 40:10, Ex. 40:11) , orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated…

And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle In this, and the two following verses (Ex. 40:10, Ex. 40:11) , orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated…

And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle In this, and the two following verses (Ex. 40:10, Ex. 40:11) , orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated…

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation To wash, anoint, and clothe them, as in the two following verses (Ex. 40:13, Ex. 40:14) , that they might minister in the priest’s office, according to (See Gill on Ex. 28:41) (See Gill on Ex.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation To wash, anoint, and clothe them, as in the two following verses (Ex. 40:13, Ex. 40:14) , that they might minister in the priest’s office, according to (See Gill on Ex. 28:41) (See Gill on Ex.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation To wash, anoint, and clothe them, as in the two following verses (Ex. 40:13, Ex. 40:14) , that they might minister in the priest’s office, according to (See Gill on Ex. 28:41) (See Gill on Ex.

And thou shall anoint them as thou didst anoint their father For Aaron was first anointed, and then his sons: that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office; which they might not do before their anointing, though separated for it, and called unto it: for their anointing shall surely be an…

Thus did Moses He set up the tabernacle, and every thing in its place, and anointed them, and Aaron and his sons: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he; by which he approved himself to be a faithful servant in the house of God.

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…

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…

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; (Ex. 26:7, Ex. 26:14) .

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.

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…

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…

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: .

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.

And he lighted the lamps before the Lord The seven lamps belonging to it: this, though it was the business of the priests of Aaron, and his sons, yet they not being at present invested with their office, was done by Moses, who in this and several other things mentioned in this chapter officiated as…

And he put the golden altar The altar of incense; so called because it was overlaid with gold, and to distinguish it from the altar of burnt offering, which was covered with brass: to this altar there is an allusion in in the tent of the congregation, before the vail; in the same place, the holy…

And he burnt sweet incense thereon Which is another branch of the priestly office exercised by Moses, and which he would never have done had he not had a command from God for it, as follows: as the Lord commanded Moses; he commanded Moses indeed to order and direct Aaron to do this, but he being…

And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. ] That is, at the door of the holy place, all being brought into it that were to be placed there.

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation Of which see and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; either the burnt offering the meat offering of the daily sacrifice, as Jarchi interprets it, see or it may be rather the…

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar Of which position, see and put water there to wash withal; for the priests to wash their hands and feet with; a type of that laver or fountain opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in, .

And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat. ] This laver was for the priests, and Moses, officiating as a priest, washed in it, with Aaron, and his sons, whom he was now about to consecrate to the priest’s office, and invest with it by offering sacrifice for them;…

When they went into the tent of the congregation Not only at this time, but at all other times: and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; to the altar of burnt offering to offer sacrifice; and also to the altar of incense, and burn incense on that; for before whatever service they…

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar Which consisted of hangings one hundred cubits long and fifty broad; see and set up the hanging of the court gate; which was at the east end of it; and the hanging was of twenty cubits, hung upon four pillars, so Moses finished the…

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation The outside of it; this cloud was the same with the pillar of cloud that went before the Israelites, as soon almost as they came out of Egypt; and led them through the Red sea, and conducted them to Mount Sinai; only it now appeared in a different…

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation He had been there before, both in the holy, and in the most holy place, to see that the furniture of each were put as the Lord directed, which being done he came out again; and now a cloud being on the outside of it, and the glory of…

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, &c.] By the Lord himself, or it removed by his order, that is, rose up and stood above the tabernacle, and appeared in the form of a pillar, and went before it: the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys; the motion of the…

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not Even if it continued so two days, or a month, or a year, as very probably it sometimes did; which will in some measure account for the long continuance of the Israelites in the wilderness, see till the day that it was taken up: or, “of its…

For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, &c.] Or over it [[6]], it covered it, when it abode upon it, and rested; and stood on high over it when it moved and the people journeyed: and fire was on it by night; the same phenomenon which had the appearance of a cloud in the day time…