King James Version
Exodus 40:24 in the King James Version says “And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southw...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.”
Exodus 40:24 · KJV
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“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
“over against”
H5227properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“on the side”
H3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
“of 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
“southward”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
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