Exodus 40:1-8

The Setting Up of the Tabernacle

40¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ² On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting. ³ And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it. ⁴ And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning. ⁵ And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House. ⁶ And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting. ⁷ And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar. ⁸ And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 40:1-8

Commentary on Exodus 40:1-15

(Read Exodus 40:1-15)

When a new year begins, we should seek to serve God better than the year before. In half a year the tabernacle was completed. When the hearts of numbers are earnest in a good cause, much may be done in a short time; and when the commandments of God are continually attended to, as the rule of working, all will be done well. The high-priesthood was in the family of Aaron till Christ came, and in Him, the substance of all these shadows, it continues for ever.