Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Exodus 40
the first day of the first month. Six events in Scripture on this day. See note on Genesis 8:13.
first month. On the fourteenth day the first Pass-over was kept (Numbers 9:1-3). On the first day of the second month they were numbered (Numbers 1:1, Numbers 1:2): (50 days between Exodus 40:17 and Numbers 10:11). In the interval comes the book of Leviticus, and Numbers 1:1 - Exodus 10:10. On the twentieth day of the second month the Tabernacle was taken down, and the journey began from Sinai to Canaan (Numbers 10:11). See App-50.
tabernacle. = habitation. Hebrew. mishkan, App-40. tent. Hebrew. "ohel. App-40.
ark. See note on Exodus 25:22.
cover = screen.
ark. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel read "ark and the mercy seat".
set in order: i, e. in two piles, six loaves in each pile, answering to the stones on the shoulders of the High Priest. There was a golden dish at the bottom of each, and another reversed on the top, with a golden bowl of frankincense on the top. Compare Exodus 25:23-30.
light = set up, or mount.
anoint, Compare Exodus 30:22-29.
hallow . . . holy. See note on "holy", Exodus 3:8.
vessels = furniture.
most holy. Hebrew holiness of holinesses. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis.
tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. "ohel (App-40).
wash = bathe. Compare Exodus 29:1-4. with, or in.
as = according as. See note on Exodus 39:1, and note the seven occurrences of the expression "as Jehovah commanded Moses" in this chapter as in chapter 39.
burnt offering. Hebrew. "olah, See App-43. washed. The ceremonial cleansings or "baptisms "(Hebrews 6:2), always performed by the persons themselves.
the work. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "all the work".
when the cloud, &c. This continued till Moses" death, when the ark (which till then was carried in the midst of the host) took its place and went "before them". See Joshua 3:3-6, Joshua 3:11.
children = sons.
journeys = journeyings. Literally settings forward.
on it: i.e. in the cloud.
house of Israel. See note on Exodus 16:31.
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