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Good News Translation

Exodus 40:2

"On the first day of the first month set up the Tent of the Lord 's presence.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abib;   Month;   Types;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tabernacle;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Mishael;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting.
King James Version
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Lexham English Bible
"On the first day of the month, you will set up the tabernacle of the tent of assembly.
New Century Version
"On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, which is the Meeting Tent.
New English Translation
"On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
Amplified Bible
"On the first day of the first month (Abib) you shall set up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting [of God with you].
New American Standard Bible
"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the first day of the first moneth in the very first of the same moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle, called ye Tabernacle of the Congregation:
Legacy Standard Bible
"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Contemporary English Version
Set up my tent on the first day of the year
Complete Jewish Bible
"On the first day of the first month, you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
Darby Translation
On the day of the first month, on the first of the month, shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Easy-to-Read Version
"On the first day of the first month, set up the Holy Tent, that is, the Meeting Tent.
English Standard Version
"On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
George Lamsa Translation
On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the congregation.
Christian Standard Bible®
“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.
Literal Translation
On the first day of the month, on the first of the month, you shall raise up the tent of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the fyrst daye of the first moneth shalt thou set vp ye Habitacio of ye Tabernacle of wytnesse,
American Standard Version
On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Bible in Basic English
On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set vp the tabernacle, euen the tabernacle of the congregation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
King James Version (1611)
On the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,
English Revised Version
On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Berean Standard Bible
"On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the firste monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, thou schalt reise the tabernacle of witnessyng.
Young's Literal Translation
`On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
Update Bible Version
On the first day of the first month you shall rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Webster's Bible Translation
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
World English Bible
"On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting.
New King James Version
"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
New Living Translation
"Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year.
New Life Bible
"Set up the holy tent, the meeting tent, on the first day of the first month.
New Revised Standard
On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,
Revised Standard Version
"On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "On the first day of the first month set up the Tent of the Lord 's presence. 3 Place in it the Covenant Box containing the Ten Commandments and put the curtain in front of it. 4 Bring in the table and place the equipment on it. Also bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps on it. 5 Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the Covenant Box and hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tent. 6 Put in front of the Tent the altar for burning offerings. 7 Put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and fill it with water. 8 Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance. 9 "Then dedicate the Tent and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy. 10 Next, dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the first month: Exodus 40:17, Exodus 12:1, Exodus 12:2, Exodus 13:4, Numbers 7:1

tabernacle: Exodus 40:6, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:19, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:30, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 30:36, Exodus 35:11, Exodus 36:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:31 - the ark Numbers 9:1 - in the first month Numbers 9:15 - on the day Numbers 10:11 - on 1 Kings 8:4 - tabernacle 1 Chronicles 17:5 - from tent to tent 2 Chronicles 1:3 - the tabernacle Hebrews 9:2 - a tabernacle

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 27:27
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Psalms 76:10
Human anger only results in more praise for you; those who survive the wars will keep your festivals.
Proverbs 16:14
A wise person will try to keep the king happy; if the king becomes angry, someone may die.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's anger is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like welcome rain.
Proverbs 19:19
If someone has a hot temper, let him take the consequences. If you get him out of trouble once, you will have to do it again.
Proverbs 27:4
Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.
Acts 12:20
Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, so they went in a group to see him. First they convinced Blastus, the man in charge of the palace, that he should help them. Then they went to Herod and asked him for peace, because their country got its food supplies from the king's country.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

On the first day of the first month,.... Which was the month Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; which was the month the children of Israel came out of Egypt, out of which they had now been a whole year, excepting fourteen days:

shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; the tabernacle, which had a tent or covering over it, to which the people were gathered at times for religious service.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Exodus 40:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 40:2. The first day of the first month — It Is generally supposed that the Israelites began the work of the tabernacle about the sixth month after they had left Egypt; and as the work was finished about the end of the first year of their exodus, (for it was set up the first day of the second year,) that therefore they had spent about six months in making it: so that the tabernacle was erected one year all but fifteen days after they had left Egypt. Such a building, with such a profusion of curious and costly workmanship, was never got up in so short a time. But it was the work of the Lord, and the people did service as unto the Lord; for the people had a mind to work.


 
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