Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Exodus 40:1 - 40:16

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Exodus 40:1 - 40:16


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The Tabernacle Set Up

v. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

v. 2. On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation.
This was on the first of Nisan, or Abib, at the beginning of the second year after the children of Israel had left Egypt. The Tabernacle was to be in readiness for the first anniversary of the Passover Festival.

v. 3. And thou shalt put therein the Ark of the Testimony,
where the Decalog, the testimony of the Lord to the people, was deposited, and cover the ark with the veil, hide it from the eyes of the people by the heavy curtain which screened the Most Holy Place.

v. 4. And thou shalt bring in the table
of showbread, and set in order the things, literally, arrange the order, that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

v. 5. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the Ark of the Testimony,
that is, to the east of it, before the veil of the Sanctuary, and put the hanging of the door to the Tabernacle, the door-curtain before the Holy Place.

v. 6. And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation,
out in the open court.

v. 7. And thou shalt set the laver between the Tent of the Congregation and the altar, and shalt. put water therein,
since it was to serve for the ablutions of the priests, both before entering the Sanctuary and before going up to the altar of burnt offering.

v. 8. And thou shalt set up the court round about,
both the posts and the curtains, and hang up the hanging at the court gate, the splendid variegated entrance curtain.

v. 9. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof; and it shall be holy,
set aside for the worship of Jehovah.

v. 10. And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar
for the service of the Lord; and it shall be an altar most holy, literally, holiness of holiness, everybody and everything that touched it being thereby consecrated to the Lord.

v. 11. And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot and sanctify it,
set it apart for the sacred use for which it was intended.

v. 12. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water,
Exo_29:4.

v. 13. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office.

v. 14. And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats,
the white byssus garments which were the distinctive dress of the ordinary priests;

v. 15. and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
The priesthood was hereditary among the sons of Aaron, but their consecration did not take place until the special ordinances of the sacrifices had been given. Cf Leviticus 8.

v. 16. Thus did Moses; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.