He raised up the court around 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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He raised up the court around 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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And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
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And 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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Passages linked to Exodus 40:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 40:8 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
- Exodus 27:9-16 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side. Its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. Likewise for the length of the north side, there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 39:32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.
- Numbers 1:50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
- 1 Kings 6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
- Zechariah 4:9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
- Matthew 16:8 Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’
- John 4:34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- John 17:4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
- Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Ephesians 4:11-13 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
- 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- Hebrews 3:2-5 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house. For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
- Hebrews 4:14-16 Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession. For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
- Hebrews 9:6-7 Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services, but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if the cloud were not taken up, then…
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not,.... Even if it continued so two days, or a month, or a year, as very probably it sometimes did; which will in some measure account for the long continuance of the Israelites in the wilderness, see Num 9:22.
till the day that it was taken up: or, "of its ascent" (f), being "lifted up", or going upwards, higher in the air, right over the tabernacle, or perhaps more to the front of it; the word used before in this and the preceding verse has the signification of ascending upwards.
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(f) "sustolli ejus", Montanus.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 40:33-34. So Moses finished the work — As…
Exo 40:33-34. So Moses finished the work — As when God had finished this earth, which he designed for man’s habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it; so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God’s dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. By these visible tokens of his coming among them, he testified both the return of his favour, which they had forfeited by the golden calf, and his gracious acceptance of their care and pains about the tabernacle. Thus God showed himself well pleased with what they had done, and abundantly rewarded them. A cloud covered the tent — The same cloud which, as the chariot or pavilion of the Shechinah, had come up before them out of Egypt, now settled upon the tabernacle, and hovered over it, even in the hottest and clearest day; for it was none of those clouds which the sun scatters. This cloud was intended to be a token of God’s presence, constantly visible day and night to all Israel. It was also a protection of the tabernacle: they had sheltered it with one covering upon another, but, after all, the cloud that covered it was its best guard; and a guide to the camp of Israel in their march through the wilderness. While the cloud continued on the tabernacle, they rested; when it removed, they removed and followed it, as being purely under a divine conduct. And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle — The Shechinah now made an awful entry into the tabernacle, passing through the outer part of it into the most holy place, and there seating itself between the cherubim. It was in light and fire, and, for aught we know, no otherwise, that the Shechinah made itself visible. With these the tabernacle was now filled; yet, as before, the bush, so now the curtains were not consumed; for to those that have received the anointing, the majesty of God is not destroying. Yet now so dazzling was the light, and so dreadful was the fire, that Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, at the door of which he attended till the splendour was a little abated, and the glory of the Lord retired within the veil. But what Moses could not do, our Lord Jesus has done, whom God caused to draw near and approach, and, as the forerunner, he is for us entered, and has invited us to come boldly even to the mercy-seat. He was able to enter into the holy place not made with hands; he is himself the true tabernacle, filled with the glory of God, even with that divine grace and truth which were figured by this fire and light. In him the Shechinah took up its rest for ever, for in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Moses, out of respect, abstained from entering that day.…
Moses, out of respect, abstained from entering that day. (Calmet) --- The cloud of legal observances, though designed to prefigure Christ and the gospel, seems however to hinder the Jews from recognizing them. (St. Augustine) (Tirinus)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain So Moses finished the work--Though it is not expressly…
So Moses finished the work--Though it is not expressly recorded in this passage, yet, from what took place on all similar occasions, there is reason to believe that on the inauguration day the people were summoned from their tents--were all drawn up as a vast assemblage, yet in calm and orderly arrangement, around the newly erected tabernacle.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. See v. 8; cf. Exo_27:9 a, 16. (‘Set…
33. See v. 8; cf. Exo_27:9 a, 16. (‘Set up’ here = ‘hang up’ in v. 8. ‘Put up’ in v. 8a, and ‘set up’ in v. 8b, would make the renderings in the two verses uniform.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) He reared up the court . . .…
(33) He reared up the court . . . and set up the hanging.—On the court, see Exo_27:9-18. For “the hanging” see Exo_27:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He reared up the court, etc., as directed in…
He reared up the court, etc., as directed in ver. 8. So Moses finished the work. With the hanging of the curtain at the entrance to the court, the erection of the tabernacle was complete. It was probably not till after this that Moses performed the acts of worship mentioned in the course of the narrative put water in the laver (ver. 30), offered sacrifice (ver. 29), lighted the lamps (ver. 25), and burnt incense on the golden altar (ver. 26).
The two finishings.
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"So Moses finished the work." Cf. Exo_39:32 was all the work of the tabernacle finished." View the tabernacle as a type of the spiritual house the Church. This tabernacle is being made. A time is coming when, in a more special sense, it will be reared, the "day of Christ the day of "the manifestation of the sons of God". (Rom_8:19 Cf. Rev_21:2, Rev_21:3)
I THE TABERNACLE WAS NOT REARED TILL ALL THE LABOURS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAKING OF IT HAD BEEN FINISHED.
1. The tabernacle was made with a view to its being reared. This was the end. So the calling, saving, and perfecting of individuals for the kingdom of God has always reference to their ultimate manifestation with Christ in Rom_8:17-26; 2Co_4:15-18 2Co_5:1-11; Eph_5:25-28; Php_1:6, 10; Col_3:1-4, etc.
2. The labours of making were entirely finished, before the rearing was begun. The rearing was but the bringing into visibility of an already finished work.
(1) All the parts of the tabernacle were made.
(2) All the furniture of the tabernacle was made.
(3) The dress of the servants of the tabernacle was made.
Not till all this was done was the command given to rear. So the day of the manifestation of believers will not arrive till all labours preparatory to the setting up of the kingdom of God in glory have been concluded. The Gospel preached through all the world, (Mat_24:14) the "elect" (ver. 31) gathered in, the last soul saved, believer"s; sanctified, avery "living stone" (1Pe_2:4) shaped and fashioned for the place it is ultimately to occupy In the heavenly building, etc.
3. These labours having been concluded, the rearing was proceeded with without delay. The rearing included
(1) the putting of the parts of the tabernacle together.
(2) The arrangement of its furniture.
(3) The ordering of its service.
So, when once the preparatory labours in connection with the kingdom of God have been finished, no time will be lost in setting it up in its final glory. Christ will appear, and his people will appear with him. (Col_3:4) He and they will be glorified together. (Rom_8:17)
1. The rearing of the tabernacle was the setting of it in visible glory before the eyes of the Israelites. So will Christ come to be "glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe". (2Th_1:10)
2. The rearing of the tabernacle completed the preparation of it as asanctuary for Jehovah. The same will be true of the glorification of the Church. (Rev_21:3, Rev_21:4)
II THE TABERNACLE, MADE BY THE PEOPLE, WAS REARED BY MOSES.
1. Christ admits us to be fellow-workers with himself in the labours of his Church. These are carried on by human agency. (2Co_6:1)
2. He alone has to do with the glorification of his Church.
III WHEN THE TABERNACLE WAS REARED, IT WAS FOUND THAT NOTHING WAS WANTING TO ITS PERFECTION AS A SANCTUARY. So will the glorification of the Church make manifest the beauty, symmetry, completeness, and perfection of the spiritual structure. It will be found to be "a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing"; (Eph_5:27) complete as a place of habitation for Jehovah; a unity, and a perfect one. J.O.
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