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Exodus 40:19

in Exodus 40

Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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This verse in Exodus 40

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle,.... Which were curtains of goats' hair: and put the covering of the tent above upon it; which was of rams' skins died red, and over that another covering of badgers' skins: as the Lord commanded Moses; Exo 26:7.

This site's exposition

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets

on Exodus 40:18-19

The sockets go down first and everything else rests on them. Exodus 38:27 says the hundred sockets of silver were cast from the atonement money, half a shekel a man at a talent to a socket, so the frame of the dwelling place stands on ransom silver. The goats' hair tent and the coverings go over the frame, and the refrain as the Lord commanded Moses begins here and returns after each thing is put in its place.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle - By the tent, in this and several other places, we are to understand the coverings made of rams’ skins, goats’ hair, etc., which were thrown over the building; for the tabernacle had no other kind of roof.
The tent-cloth was spread over the tabernacle-cloth, and the covering of skins was put over the tent-cloth. See Exo 26:1 note.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

The meaning of this is that he took the Tablets from the wooden ark in Moses’ tent which they were in, and brought them to the Tabernacle. 96 Verse.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Exodus 40:20:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּפְרֹ֤שׂand he spread out

    vaiyifrosH6566 →67 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאֹ֙הֶל֙the tent

    haohelH168 →345 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןthe tabernacle

    hamishkanH4908 →139 times

  • וַיָּ֜שֶׂםand he put

    vaiyasemH7760 →584 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מִכְסֵ֥ה[the] covering of

    mikhsehH4372 →16 times

  • הָאֹ֛הֶלthe tent

    haohelH168 →345 times

  • עָלָ֖יוover it

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • מִלְמָ֑עְלָהfrom to above <towards>

    milmaelahH4605 →140 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃ סMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 1:24When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.4 worksExodus 36:8–19All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.2 worksExodus 26:1–14“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.2 worksExodus 40:32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.2 worksGenesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.2 worksNumbers 3:25The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,2 works

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 40 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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