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Exodus 40:17

Exodus 40:17
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle,.... Which were curtains of goats' hair:

and put the covering of the tent above upon it; which was of rams' skins died red, and over that another…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

On the first day of the month - That is, on the first of the month Nisan Exo 12:2; Exo 13:4, one year, wanting fourteen days, after the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. They had been nearly…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 40:16-33

When the tabernacle and the furniture of it were prepared, they did not put off the rearing of it till they came to Canaan, though they now hoped to be there very shortly; but, in obedience to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Exodus 40:17-33

Moses sets up the Tent of Meeting, and the Court, and arranges the sacred vessels according to the instructions given in vv.1 8, or (in some cases) in chs. 25 31 only. He also (vv.23, 25, 27, 29)…

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