Exodus 40

Exodus 40:1

the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.

Exodus 40:2

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.

Exodus 40:3

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”.

Exodus 40:4

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.

Exodus 40:5

door = entrance.

Exodus 40:9

anoint, Compare Exodus 30:22-29.

hallow . . . holy. See note on “holy”, Exodus 3:8.

vessels = furniture.

Exodus 40:10

most holy. Hebrew holiness of holinesses. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis.

Exodus 40:11

foot = base.

Exodus 40:12

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. ’ohel (App-40).

wash = bathe. Compare Exodus 29:1-4. with, or in.

Exodus 40:13

anoint him. Compare Exodus 29:5-7.

Exodus 40:14

clothe. Compare Exodus 29:8, Exodus 29:9.

Exodus 40:15

as = according as.

Exodus 40:19

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.

Exodus 40:20

mercy seat. See note on Exodus 25:1.

Exodus 40:22

side. Hebrew. yarek = the opposite side.

Exodus 40:29

burnt offering. Hebrew. ’olah, See App-43. washed. The ceremonial cleansings or “baptisms “(Hebrews 6:2), always performed by the persons themselves.

Exodus 40:33

the work. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read “all the work”.

Exodus 40:34

THE AND OF JEHOVAH, Corresponding with that of Moses in Exodus 39:43.

Exodus 40:36

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.

Exodus 40:38

on it: i.e. in the cloud.

house of Israel. See note on Exodus 16:31.