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New King James Version

Exodus 40:2

"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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.
Good News Translation
"On the first day of the first month set up the Tent of the Lord 's presence.
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 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 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil. 4 You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps. 5 You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6 Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate. 9 "And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 10 You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most 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
And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine.
Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.
Proverbs 16:14
As messengers of death is the king's wrath, But a wise man will appease it.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Acts 12:20
Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by 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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