Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
The materials and furniture of the tabernacle had been viewed severally and approved, and now they must be put together. 1. God here directs Moses to set up the tabernacle and the utensils of it in their places. Though the work of the tabernacle was finished, and every thing ready for rearing, and the people, no doubt, were very desirous to see it up, yet...
Commenting on Exodus 40:1-15
And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,.... In this, and the two following verses Exo 40:10, orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated for divine use and service, according to , orders are given for the anointing of the...
Exo 40:1-16 After the completion of all the works, the command was given by God to Moses to set up the dwelling of the tabernacle on the first day of the first month (see at Exo 19:1), sc., in the second year of the Exodus (see Exo 40:17), and to put all the vessels, both of the dwelling and court, in the places appointed by...
Commenting on Exodus 40:1-16