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New Century Version

Exodus 40:19

After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - 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 - Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as the LORD commanded Moshe.
King James Version
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.
Lexham English Bible
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle; he placed the covering of the tent over it, above it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
New English Translation
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Amplified Bible
He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
New American Standard Bible
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
He spread the tent over the tabernacle and placed the covering of the tent on top of it, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Contemporary English Version
then the two layers of coverings were hung over them.
Complete Jewish Bible
He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above it, as Adonai had ordered Moshe.
Darby Translation
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above over it; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
After that Moses put the outer tent over the Holy Tent. Then he put the covering over the outer tent. He did these things just as the Lord had commanded.
English Standard Version
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And be spread the covering over the tabernacle and put the covering of skins over it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Good News Translation
He spread out the covering over the Tent and put the outer covering over it, just as the Lord had commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Literal Translation
And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle. And he put the cover of the tent over it from above, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and spred out the tent ouer the Habitacion, and put the couerynge of the tent aboue an hye, as the LORDE commaunded him.
American Standard Version
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Bible in Basic English
Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And spread abrode the tent ouer the tabernacle, and put the coueryng of the tent an hye aboue it, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And he spread abroad the tent ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of the Tent aboue vpon it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and `spredde abrood the roof on the tabernacle, and puttide an hilyng aboue, as the Lord comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
World English Bible
He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New King James Version
And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New Living Translation
Then he spread the coverings over the Tabernacle framework and put on the protective layers, just as the Lord had commanded him.
New Life Bible
He spread the covering over the meeting tent. And he put the top covering over it, just as the Lord had told Moses.
New Revised Standard
and he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-16) And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,
Revised Standard Version
and he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contextual Overview

16 Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him. 17 So the Holy Tent was set up on the first day of the first month during the second year after they left Egypt. 18 When Moses set up the Holy Tent, he put the bases in place, and he put the frames on the bases. Next he put the crossbars through the rings of the frames and set up the posts. 19 After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded. 20 Moses put the stone tablets that had the Agreement written on them into the Ark. He put the poles through the rings of the Ark and put the lid on it. 21 Next he brought the Ark into the Tent and hung the curtain to cover the Ark, just as the Lord commanded him. 22 Moses put the table in the Meeting Tent on the north side of the Holy Tent in front of the curtain. 23 Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord , just as the Lord commanded him. 24 Moses put the lampstand in the Meeting Tent on the south side of the Holy Tent across from the table. 25 Then he put the lamps on the lampstand before the Lord , just as the Lord commanded him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tent: Exodus 26:1-14, Exodus 36:8-19

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:22 - General Exodus 36:20 - boards Exodus 40:2 - tabernacle Exodus 40:32 - as the Lord Numbers 3:25 - the tabernacle and 2 Samuel 7:6 - tent 1 Chronicles 17:1 - under curtains Matthew 1:24 - did

Cross-References

Genesis 40:13
Before the end of three days the king will free you, and he will allow you to return to your work. You will serve the king his wine just as you did before.
Genesis 40:17
In the top basket were all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food out of the basket on my head."
Genesis 40:22
But the king hanged the baker on a pole. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,
Genesis 40:23
but the officer who served wine did not remember Joseph. He forgot all about him.
Genesis 41:13
things happened exactly as he said they would: I was given back my old position, and the baker was hanged."
Joshua 8:29
Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king's body down from the tree and to throw it down at the city gate. Then they covered it with a pile of rocks, which is still there today.
Joshua 10:26
Then Joshua killed the five kings and hung their bodies on five trees, where he left them until evening.
1 Samuel 17:44
He said to David, "Come here. I'll feed your body to the birds of the air and the wild animals!"
1 Samuel 17:46
Today the Lord will hand you over to me, and I'll kill you and cut off your head. Today I'll feed the bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds of the air and the wild animals. Then all the world will know there is a God in Israel!
2 Samuel 21:6
So bring seven of his sons to us. Then we will kill them and hang them on stakes in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord 's chosen king." The king said, "I will give them to you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 covering of badgers' skins:

as the Lord commanded Moses; Exodus 26:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The tent-cloth was spread over the tabernacle-cloth, and the covering of skins was put over the tent-cloth. See Exodus 26:1 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 40:19. He spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle — By the tent, in this and several other places, we are to understand the coverings made of rams' skins, goats' hair, c., which were thrown over the building for the tabernacle had no other kind of roof.


 
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