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Exoduschapter 40

38 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th or 13th century BC · The Law

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Exodus 40— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Exodus 40. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 23 of 54

פְקוּדֵי Pekudei, Exodus 38:21 to 40:38

Read with it: 1 Kings 7:51 to 8:21 in Ashkenazi use, and 1 Kings 7:40 to 7:50 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Exodus 40:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בְּיוֹם־beyom-on [the] day ofH3117הַחֹ֥דֶשׁhachodeshthe monthH2320הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishon<the> firstH7223בְּאֶחָ֣דbeechadon [day] oneH259לַחֹ֑דֶשׁlachodeshof the monthH2320תָּקִ֕יםtakimyou will set upH6965אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853מִשְׁכַּ֖ןmishkan[the] tabernacle ofH4908אֹ֥הֶלʾohel[the] tent ofH168מוֹעֵֽד׃moedmeetingH4150

Ramban on Exodus 40:2

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH SHALT THOU SET UP THE TABERNACLE OF THE TENT OF MEETING. In the opinion of our Rabbis. Sifra, beginning of Seder Shemini.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Exodus 40:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֛umashachtaand you will anointH4886אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853מִזְבַּ֥חmizbach[the] altar ofH4196הָעֹלָ֖הhaolahthe burnt offeringH5930וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605כֵּלָ֑יוkelavarticles itsH3627וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֙vekidashtaand you will consecrateH6942אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַhamizbeachthe altarH4196וְהָיָ֥הvehayahand it will beH1961הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַhamizbeachthe altarH4196קֹ֥דֶשׁkodeshholiness ofH6944קָֽדָשִֽׁים׃kadashimholiness<es>H6944

Ramban on Exodus 40:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Since they would also sacrifice on it the most holy offerings, Scripture describes the altar as “most holy,” even though it stood in the court of the Tabernacle. Of the Tabernacle, however, Scripture says, and it shall be holy, 81 Verse.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Exodus 40:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְהִ֞יvayhiand it wasH1961בַּחֹ֧דֶשׁbachodeshin the monthH2320הָרִאשׁ֛וֹןharishon<the> firstH7223בַּשָּׁנָ֥הbashanahin the yearH8141הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתhashenit<the> secondH8145בְּאֶחָ֣דbeechadon [day] oneH259לַחֹ֑דֶשׁlachodeshof the monthH2320הוּקַ֖םhukamit was set upH6965הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃hamishkanthe tabernacleH4908

Ramban on Exodus 40:17

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FIRST MONTH… ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. In the opinion of our Rabbis [who hold, as mentioned above, 84 Above, Verse.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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