Exodus 40 · Verse 17

Exodus 40:17

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.
Exodus 40:17, King James Version

Exodus 40:17 in other translations

BSBSo the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
WEBIn the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been raised up;
DARBYAnd it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.
BBESo on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Exodus 40:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 40:16-33

When the tabernacle and the furniture of it were prepared, they did not put off rearing it till they came to Canaan; but, in obedience to the will of God, they set it up in the midst of their camp. Those who are unsettled in the world, must not think that this will excuse want of religion; as if it were enough to begin to serve God when they begin to be settled in the world. No; a tabernacle for God is very needful…

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Exodus 40:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִ֞יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּחֹ֧דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
הָרִאשׁ֛וֹןha.ri.Shon<the> firstH7223
בַּשָּׁנָ֥הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.Nit<the> secondH8145
בְּאֶחָ֣דbe.'e.Chadon [day] oneH259
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320
הוּקַ֖םhu.Kamit was set upH6965
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן\׃ha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908

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Cross references for Exodus 40:17

  • Numbers 7:1

    And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

  • Numbers 9:1

    And the Lord 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,

  • Exodus 40:1-2

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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the first month.
1,2; Nu 7:1; 9:1

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Context

  • Exodus 40:16

    Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

  • Exodus 40:17

    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.

  • Exodus 40:18

    And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

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Exodus 40:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y así en el día primero del primer mes, en el segundo año, el tabernáculo fué erigido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva, le premier mois, en la seconde année, le premier jour du mois, que le tabernacle fut dressé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah im ersten Monat, im zweiten Jahre, am Ersten des Monats, da wurde die Wohnung aufgerichtet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et expandit tectum super tabernaculum, imposito desuper operimento, sicut Dominus imperaverat.