King James Version
Exodus 40:33 in the King James Version says “And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.”
Exodus 40:33 · KJV
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he reared 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)
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“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
“and set up”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“finished”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the work”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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