Exodus 40:19
in Exodus 40Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
BSB
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
5 notes on this verseAnd 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
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases
on Exodus 40:18-19
The bases go down first and everything else rests on them. Exodus 38:27 says the hundred silver bases were cast from the atonement money, so the frame of the dwelling stands on ransom silver.
This site's exposition
spread the tent over the tabernacle
Adam Clarke notes that these coverings were the only roof the tabernacle had. Albert Barnes separates the layers, the tent cloth spread over the tabernacle cloth and the skins laid over both. Exodus 26:7 and 26:14 ordered them.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפְרֹ֤שׂ | vaiyifros | and he spread out | H6566 → | 67 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| וַיָּ֜שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and he put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִכְסֵ֥ה | mikhseh | [the] covering of | H4372 → | 16 times |
| הָאֹ֛הֶל | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | over it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִלְמָ֑עְלָה | milmaelah | from to above <towards> | H4605 → | 140 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֥ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶֽׁה׃ ס | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
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.
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About Exodus
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.