Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 40:2
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
2. the first day of the first month ] viz. ( v. 17) of the second year of the Exodus, nine months since the arrival at Sinai (Exo 19:1).
the Dwelling of the tent of meeting ] as Exo 39:32.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See Exo 40:17.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. The first day of the first month] It Is generally supposed that the Israelites began the work of the tabernacle about the sixth month after they had left Egypt; and as the work was finished about the end of the first year of their exodus, (for it was set up the first day of the second year,) that therefore they had spent about six months in making it: so that the tabernacle was erected one year all but fifteen days after they had left Egypt. Such a building, with such a profusion of curious and costly workmanship, was never got up in so short a time. But it was the work of the Lord, and the people did service as unto the Lord; for the people had a mind to work.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
To wit, of the second year after their coming out of Egypt, as is evident.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. On the first day of the firstmonthFrom a careful consideration of the incidents recorded tohave happened after the exodus (Exo 12:2;Exo 13:4; Exo 19:1;Exo 20:18; Exo 34:28,c.), it has been computed that the work of the tabernacle wascommenced within six months after that emigration and consequently,that other six months had been occupied in building it. So long aperiod spent in preparing the materials of a movable pavilion, itwould be difficult to understand, were it not for what we are told ofthe vast dimensions of the tabernacle, as well as the immense varietyof curious and elaborate workmanship which its different articles offurniture required.
the tabernacletheentire edifice.
the tentthe coveringthat surmounted it (Ex 40:19).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
On the first day of the first month,…. Which was the month Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; which was the month the children of Israel came out of Egypt, out of which they had now been a whole year, excepting fourteen days:
shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; the tabernacle, which had a tent or covering over it, to which the people were gathered at times for religious service.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 40:2
. On the first day of the first month I cannot at all approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all its parts before Moses went the second time into the Mount, we infer from the fact that the ark was then prepared in which the tables were deposited, as we shall see from the context. Besides, it has elsewhere (394) been shewn by sound arguments, as I think, that it was pitched without the camp in token of divorce, from the time that the people had made the calf. What, then, is the meaning of the setting-up which is now spoken of? I reply, that it is said to have been set up, when (395) it was brought back from its strange to its proper place. For then it was both anointed and honored by sacred oblations, whilst Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the performance of the priestly office. Since, therefore, it had not yet been duly placed in the middle of the camp, nay, rather had been removed from the people lest they should enjoy that pledge of God’s presence, its solemn dcdication is justly celebrated after the renewal of the covenant. This passage also confirms what I have said elsewhere, (396) that this was the tabernacle which Moses pitched at a distance from the camp; for, by the addition of its title, he speaks as of something well known, “Thou shalt set up (He says) the tabernacle, viz., the tabernacle of convention.” Now Moses himself had already stated that this name had been given it by the mouth of God. He repeats, however, the same injunctions, not that He distrusted the memory of His servant, but that it might be more fully apparent that He was Himself the sole Author of the whole work, and also that it nlight obtain more reverence, since He had so often deigned to give initructions as concerning things of very great importance.
(394) See ante.
(395) “Lors qu’il a este assis en son droit lieu, et legitime, assavoir au milieu du peuple duquel il avoit este comme estranger;” when it was fixed in its right and legitimate place, that is to say, in the midst of the people, to whom it had been, as it were, a stranger. — Fr.
(396) See ante.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(2) On the first day of the first month.The Israelites had quitted Egypt on the fourteenth day of the first month, Abib (Exo. 12:6). They had reached the wilderness of Sinai in the course of the third month, Sivan, and encamped in front of Sinai shortly after (Exo. 19:1-2). The two long absences of Moses in the Mount had occupied nearly three months, and were separated by an interval probably of several days. It must have been the sixth or seventh month before the work was commenced, and very late in the yearthe eleventh or twelfth monthbefore it was accomplished. Hence, the new year was now approaching, and, as it was approaching, its first day was naturally chosen as most fit for the inauguration of the new structure.
The tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.Rather, the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. The words mishhan and ohel are in apposition, not in regimen. (So also in Exo. 40:6.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 40:2. On the first day of the first month That is, of the second year after the departure from Egypt. See the 17th verse, and the last note on the former chapter.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
the first day of the first month. Six events in Scripture on this day. See note on Gen 8:13.
first month. On the fourteenth day the first Pass-over was kept (Num 9:1-3). On the first day of the second month they were numbered (Num 1:1, Num 1:2): (50 days between Exo 40:17 and Num 10:11). In the interval comes the book of Leviticus, and Num 1:1 – Exo 10:10. On the twentieth day of the second month the Tabernacle was taken down, and the journey began from Sinai to Canaan (Num 10:11). See App-50.
tabernacle. = habitation. Hebrew. mishkan, App-40. tent. Hebrew. ‘ohel. App-40.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
first month
i.e. April.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
the first month: Exo 40:17, Exo 12:1, Exo 12:2, Exo 13:4, Num 7:1
tabernacle: Exo 40:6, Exo 40:18, Exo 40:19, Exo 26:1, Exo 26:7, Exo 26:30, Exo 27:21, Exo 30:36, Exo 35:11, Exo 36:18
Reciprocal: Num 3:31 – the ark Num 9:1 – in the first month Num 9:15 – on the day Num 10:11 – on 1Ki 8:4 – tabernacle 1Ch 17:5 – from tent to tent 2Ch 1:3 – the tabernacle Heb 9:2 – a tabernacle
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 40:2. Thou shalt set up the tabernacle The time for doing this was, On the first day of the first month This wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt. Probably the work was made ready just at the end of the year, so that the appointing this day gave no delay. In Hezekiahs time they began to sanctify the temple on the first day of the first month, 2Ch 29:17. The new moon (which, by their computation, was the first day of every month) was observed by them with some solemnity; and therefore this first new moon of the year was thus made remarkable.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
40:2 On the {a} first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
(a) After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginning of August to the tenth of September, he came down, and caused this work to be done: which when finished, was set up in Abib, half March and half April.