Exodus 40:2
2 "Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.
Other Translations of Exodus 40:2
King James Version
2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
English Standard Version
2 "On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
The Message
2 "On the first day of the first month, set up The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.
New King James Version
2 "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
New Living Translation
2 "Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 40:2
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.