Exodus 40:8
in Exodus 40Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
KJV
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
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This verse in Exodus 40
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
set the altar of the burnt offering
on Exodus 40:6-8
Outside the tent the order keeps running outward, the altar of burnt offering at the door, the laver between the altar and the tent, then the court and the hanging at its gate. A man bringing a sacrifice met these in the reverse of the order they were set up in, gate first and the door of the tent last. Exodus 27:9-19 gave that court its measure of a hundred cubits by fifty, so the whole dwelling stood inside a fence of fine twined linen.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And thou shall set up the court round about,.... Which consisted of various hangings, east, west, north, and south; see Exo 27:9.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ | vesamta | and you will put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶחָצֵ֖ר | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔ | venatata | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מָסַ֖ךְ | masakh | [the] screen of | H4539 → | 25 times |
| שַׁ֥עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הֶחָצֵֽר׃ | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
וְשַׂמְתָּ֥and you will put
vesamtaH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶחָצֵ֖רthe courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔and you will put
venatataH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מָסַ֖ךְ[the] screen of
masakhH4539 →25 times
שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הֶחָצֵֽר׃the courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:19–22
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- 1 Corinthians 3:9–11
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Isaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
- Psalms 125:1–2
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Ephesians 2:19–22
Through
Exodus 40:33And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:9–16
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Numbers 1:50
Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp…
- 1 Corinthians 12:28
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
- Exodus 27:9–16
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
