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Exodus 40:17 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Exodus 40:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 40 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Exodus 40:17 (KJV)
Historical Context for Exodus 40:17
Events
Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful person in whom the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. (EXO 36:2)
Now in the first month of the SECOND year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. (EXO 40:17)
Commentary on Exodus 40:17
The tabernacle's erection 'on the first day of the first month in the second year' marks a new epoch. The specific date (יוֹם הַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, yom hachodesh harishon) nearly one year after Sinai (Exodus 19:1) teaches that God's dwelling among His people follows redemption (Passover, first month) and revelation (law giving). The timing demonstrates divine patience—after the golden calf interruption (ch 32), grace restored covenant relationship. This 'first day' inauguration prefigures Christ's resurrection inaugurating the new covenant on 'the first day of the week' (John 20:1).
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 40:17
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“and had anointed it and sanctified it”
“in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt”
“saying”