Exodus 40:4
2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
3 Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
- KJV
- And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
- WEB
- You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps.
- ASV
- And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it. And thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light its lamps.
- BLB
- And you shall bring in the table, and you shall arrange its arrangement, and you shall bring in the lampstand, and you shall set up its lamps.
- ÅB
- Så skal du sette inn bordet, og på det skal du legge alt som skal ligge på det; og du skal bære inn lysestaken og sette opp lampene på den.
- OTB
- Ta inn bordet og ordne dets gjenstander. Ta så inn lysestaken og sett opp dens lamper.
- B1930
- Så skal du sette inn bordet, og på det skal du legge alt som skal ligge på det; og du skal bære inn lysestaken og sette op lampene på den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 24:8
Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
Read in contextExodus 37:10–24
He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read in contextExodus 25:23–39
You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read in contextExodus 26:35–36
And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
Read in contextExodus 40:22–25
Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
Read in contextLeviticus 24:5–6
You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
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