Exodus 40:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּיוֹם־הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ תָּקִ֕ים אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

In day of-the-ḥōdeš the-riʾšôn in-ʾeḥād to-the-ḥōdeš tāqîm ʾet-miškān ʾōhel môʿēd.

Grammar Details

*ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - month/new moon
*riʾšôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first
*ʾeḥād*: cardinal number, masculine - one/first
*tāqîm*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall set up/erect
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*miškān*: noun, masculine singular construct - dwelling/tabernacle of
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular construct - tent of
*môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time

Word Meanings

*ḥōdeš*: month/new moon/lunar cycle
*tāqîm*: you shall set up/erect/establish
*miškān*: dwelling place/tabernacle/habitation
*ʾōhel môʿēd*: tent of meeting/tent of appointed time/tent of assembly

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Referenced Verses

Exod 26:30 : 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
Exod 13:4 : 4 This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
Exod 12:1-2 : 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Exod 26:7 : 7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
Exod 27:21 : 21 In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Exod 30:36 : 36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exod 35:11 : 11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
Exod 36:18 : 18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
Exod 40:6 : 6 And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Exod 40:17-19 : 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 1:1 : 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
Exod 26:1 : 1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 40:17-19
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17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.
19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 40:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 1:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Exod 40:3-6
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3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
4And 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.
5And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Exod 12:1-2
2 verses
78%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Lev 1:1
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1And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying,
Exod 26:30
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30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
Num 2:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 10:11
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11And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
Num 9:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Ezek 45:18
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18Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish; and thou shalt cleanse the sanctuary.
Exod 40:21-22
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21and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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Exod 40:28-29
2 verses
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28And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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Num 7:1
73%
1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
Num 9:15
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15And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
Exod 40:8-9
2 verses
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Num 28:18
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18In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;
Exod 40:33-34
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33And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
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Exod 40:26
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Exod 39:32
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Deut 1:3
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Exod 30:26
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Exod 34:2
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Num 28:16
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Exod 19:1
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