8 Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
8 And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
8 "Set up the Courtyard on all sides and hang the curtain at the entrance to the Courtyard.
8 You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
8 Then set up the courtyard around the outside of the tent, and hang the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 40:8
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.