King James Version
Exodus 40:2 in the King James Version says “On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.”
Exodus 40:2 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. the things: Heb. the order thereof
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“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“shalt thou set up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
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