The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:1-8
The directions to set up the tabernacle . read more
Exodus 40:2-8 Bsb
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:1-33
THE COMMAND TO SET UP THE TABERNACLE , AND ITS PERFORMANCE . All was now ready. Bezaleel and Aholiab had completed their task. The work for the tabernacle had been given in, and had been approved Moses did not however at once set it up. He waited for a command from God. After a short interval, the command came. He was ordered to select the first day of the ensuing year—the first day of the first year of freedom—for the operation. Directions were given him, which fixed... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:1-33
The erection of the tabernacle. At last the work of preparation was over. The work for which God had begun to give instructions more than nine months previously ( Exodus 25:1 ) was completed. All the parts of the structure, pillars, curtains, boards, sockets, bars, taches, hooks, pins; and all the furniture, ark, altars, table, candlestick, laver, vessels, censers, tongs, ash-pans—were finished and ready. All had been inspected by Moses, and approved ( Exodus 39:43 ); they answered to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:1-33
The erection of the tabernacle. I. THE TIME . 1 . It reminded them of their deliverance from Egyptian bondage; "this month shall be unto you the beginning of months" ( Exodus 12:2 ). God's dwelling-place is ever erected amid the adoring remembrance of his redemption. "The love of Christ constraineth us." 2 . It was a consecration of the year upon which they were entering. It struck the key-note of the after time. The joy of the new year was to rise into the greater joy of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:1-33
The tabernacle set up. The sanctuary did not take long in making. When hearts are wilting, gifts liberal, and hands active, work is soon accomplished. Everything was ready by the first day of the new year after leaving Egypt. The new year was inaugurated by the setting up of the finished dwelling. How suitable an employment for the new year, to consecrate our hearts anew as dwelling-places for Jehovah! The section conveys lessons as to— I. ORDER IN THE SANCTUARY . Every thing... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:2
On the first day of the first month. The first of Abib, or Nisan, the "New Year's Day" of Israel, coinciding nearly with the opening of the vernal equinox, a very suitable day for the inauguration of a place of worship. The tabernacle was to be set up first of all; then the tent was to be placed over it. See Exodus 40:18 , Exodus 40:19 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:3
The first thing to be placed within the tabernacle was the ark of the testimony , as containing the foundation of the covenant between God and Israel, and being the special token of God's presence with his people. See the comment on Exodus 25:10 . The "two tables" were placed within the ark before it was brought into the tabernacle ( Exodus 25:20 , Exodus 25:21 ). Cover the ark with the veil— i.e; "hang up the veil in front of the ark, so as to cover or conceal it." read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:4
Thou shalt bring in the table— i.e; "the table of shew-bread" ( Exodus 25:23-30 ; Exodus 37:10-16 ). And set in order the things , etc. It has been observed with reason that the directions of Le Exodus 24:5-7 must have been already given, though not recorded till so much later. Bread and frankincense were to be "set in order" on the table in a particular way. The candlestick . The seven. branched candelabrum ( Exodus 25:31-39 ; Exodus 37:17-24 ). And thou shalt light the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 40:5
The altar of gold . See Exodus 30:1-10 ; Exodus 37:25-28 . Before the ark of the testimony — i.e; "before the veil, opposite the ark of the testimony," not within the veil. See the comment on Exodus 30:6 . The hanging of the door — i.e; "the curtain which closed the front or eastern end of the tabernacle." (See Exodus 26:36 ; Exodus 36:37 .) read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 40:2
Verse 2 Exodus 40:2.On the first day of the first month I cannot at all approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all its parts before Moses went the second time into the Mount, we infer from the fact that the ark was then prepared in which the tables were deposited, as we shall see from the context. Besides, it has elsewhere (394) been shewn by sound arguments, as I think, that it was pitched without the camp... read more