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Text -- Exodus 40:1-37 (NET)
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Setting Up the Sanctuary
40:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
40:2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle , the tent of meeting .
40:3 You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain .
40:4 You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps .
40:5 You are to put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle .
40:6 You are to put the altar for the burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle , the tent of meeting .
40:7 You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it .
40:8 You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard .
40:9 And take the anointing oil , and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings , and it will be holy .
40:10 Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils ; you are to sanctify the altar , and it will be the most holy altar .
40:11 You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal , and you are to sanctify it.
40:12 “You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water .
40:13 Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest .
40:14 You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics
40:15 and anoint them just as you anointed their father , so that they may minister as my priests ; their anointing will make them a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations .”
40:16 This is what Moses did , according to all the Lord had commanded him– so he did .
40:17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month , in the second year .
40:18 When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames , attached its bars , and set up its posts .
40:19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:20 He took the testimony and put it in the ark , attached the poles to the ark , and then put the atonement lid on the ark .
40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle , hung the protecting curtain , and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting , on the north side of the tabernacle , outside the curtain .
40:23 And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table , on the south side of the tabernacle .
40:25 Then he set up the lamps before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:26 And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain ,
40:27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:28 Then he put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle .
40:29 He also put the altar for the burnt offering by the entrance to the tabernacle , the tent of meeting , and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:30 Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing .
40:31 Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet from it.
40:32 Whenever they entered the tent of meeting , and whenever they approached the altar , they would wash , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
40:33 And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar , and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard . So Moses finished the work .
40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting , and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle .
40:35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle .
40:36 But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle , the Israelites would set out on all their journeys ;
40:37 but if the cloud was not lifted up , then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tabernacle |
PRAYER |
Israel |
Laver |
Altar |
Anointing |
Priest |
Moses |
Cloud |
HANGINGS |
Sanctification |
Shechinah |
Obedience |
Jesus, The Christ |
Purification |
God |
TABERNACLE, A |
Washing |
Types |
Sun |
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NET Notes: Exo 40:4 Heb “and you will set in order its setting” or “arrange its arrangement.” See 25:29-30 for items that belonged on the table.
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NET Notes: Exo 40:11 U. Cassuto (Exodus, 480) notes that the items inside the tent did not need to be enumerated since they were already holy, but items in the courtyard n...
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