Exodus 40:2

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

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Interpretation

When a new year begins, we should seek to serve God better than the year before. In half a year the tabernacle was completed.

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This thought runs through Exodus 40:1-5.

Tabernacle Object: (1. ) A house or dwelling-place ( Job 5:24 ; 18:6 , etc. ). (2. ) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24 ) containing the image of Moloch ( Amos 5:26 ; marg. and R. V., “Siccuth”). (3. ) The human body.