Exodus 40:2

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Cross-reference

Exodus 40:19 continues the fulfillment narrative: Moses spread the tent covering, as commanded in Exodus 40:2.

Exodus 40:18 records the fulfillment of the command in Exodus 40:2 — Moses actually setting up the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:17 records the fulfillment of this command, with the tabernacle set up on the exact same date specified here.

Exodus 40:6 Parallel

Exodus 40:6 gives a specific instruction to set the altar of burnt offering, part of the same setup command in Exodus 40:2.

Exodus 12:2 Historical context

Exodus 12:2 declares the first month as the beginning of months, defining the calendar used for the tabernacle erection date.

Exodus 26:30 also commands erecting the tabernacle according to the divine pattern, paralleling the command in Exodus 40:2.

Exodus 35:11 Historical context

Exodus 35:11 lists the components — tabernacle, tent, coverings, frames — that Moses assembles in Exodus 40:2.

Exodus 26:1 Historical context

Exodus 26:1 contains earlier instructions for making the ten curtains that are now being set up in chapter 40.

Exodus 26:7 Historical context

Exodus 26:7 gives the earlier command to make goats' hair curtains for the tent covering used in the setup.

Exodus 13:4 Historical context

Exodus 13:4 places the Exodus in the month of Abib (first month), linking the same month to the tabernacle setup.

Exodus 36:18 Historical context

Exodus 36:18 details the bronze clasps that couple the tent together, providing the physical means for the tabernacle to be set up as commanded here.

Exodus 30:36 Historical context

Exodus 30:36 instructs placing incense before the testimony in the tent of meeting, the same structure set up in Exodus 40:2.

Exodus 27:21 Historical context

Exodus 27:21 describes the lamp tending that will take place in the tent of meeting once set up in Exodus 40:2.

Numbers 7:1 Parallel

Numbers 7:1 describes the same event from a different perspective, adding details of anointing and consecration after Moses set up the tabernacle.

Numbers 9:15 Prophetic fulfillment

Numbers 9:15 records that on the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it—the immediate fulfillment of this command.

Hebrews 9:2 Typology

Hebrews 9:2 describes the first section of the tent (Holy Place) with its furnishings, interpreting the tabernacle set up here as a shadow of heavenly things.

Numbers 9:1 Historical context

Numbers 9:1 gives the same chronological marker (first month of second year) as here, linking the Passover command to the tabernacle dedication.

1 Kings 8:4 Historical context

1 Kings 8:4 mentions bringing the same tent of meeting into Solomon's temple, showing the tabernacle's later use and relocation.

1 Chronicles 17:5 has God recalling that He has dwelt in a tent since the Exodus, referencing the tabernacle set up here as His mobile dwelling.

2 Chronicles 1:3 Historical context

2 Chronicles 1:3 identifies the tent of meeting made by Moses at Gibeon in Solomon's time, confirming its continued existence and location.

Numbers 3:31 Historical context

Numbers 3:31 describes the Kohathites' duty to care for the tabernacle furnishings after it is set up, showing who handles the sacred items.