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2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:2

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Cross-References

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  • And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

  • This day came ye out in the month Abib.

  • And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. …

  • And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

  • And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-15)

The materials and furniture of the tabernacle had been viewed severally and approved, and now they must be put together. 1. God here directs Moses to set up the tabernacle and the utensils of it in their places. Though the work of the tabernacle was finished, and every thing ready for rearing, and the people, no doubt, were very desirous to see it up, yet Moses will not erect it till he has expres…

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