401 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2 'On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, 3 and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail, 4 and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up. 5 'And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle, 6 and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, 7 and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there. 8 'And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,
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.