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Exodus 40

Exodus 40 brings the book to its climax with the tabernacle erected on the first day of the first month of the second year. Moses sets the ark, veil, table, lampstand, incense altar, burnt-offering altar, laver, and court in their appointed places; he anoints the sanctuary and washes and clothes Aaron and his sons. The chapter repeatedly says Moses acted “as the LORD commanded.” When the work is finished, the cloud covers the tent and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle so fully that Moses cannot enter. From then on, the cloud and fire visibly govern Israel’s journeys. Exodus ends not merely with people freed from Pharaoh but with the LORD dwelling among and leading his redeemed people.

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Exodus 40 brings the book to its climax with the tabernacle erected on the first day of the first month of the second year. Moses sets the ark, veil, table, lampstand, incense altar, burnt-offering altar, laver, and court in their appointed places; he anoints the sanctuary and washes and clothes Aaron and his sons. The chapter repeatedly says Moses acted “as the LORD commanded.” When the work is finished, the cloud covers the tent and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle so fully that Moses cannot enter. From then on, the cloud and fire visibly govern Israel’s journeys. Exodus ends not merely with people freed from Pharaoh but with the LORD dwelling among and leading his redeemed people.

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Verses 1–15God tells Moses how to set up and consecrate the tabernacleVerses 16–33Moses sets up the tabernacle exactly as commandedVerses 34–38The glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle and leads Israel
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2On the first day of the first month shalt thou…3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony,…4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in…5And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the…6And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering…7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of…8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and…9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the…10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering,…11And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and…12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the…13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and…14And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with…15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their…16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded…17And it came to pass in the first month in…18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets,…19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and…20And he took and put the testimony into the ark,…21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set…22And he put the table in the tent of the…23And he set the bread in order upon it before…24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the…25And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the…26And he put the golden altar in the tent of…27And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded…28And he set up the hanging at the door of…29And he put the altar of burnt offering by the…30And he set the laver between the tent of the…31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands…32When they went into the tent of the congregation, and…33And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle…34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and…35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent…36And when the cloud was taken up from over the…37But if the cloud were not taken up, then they…38For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle…