AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES
Key verse: 32b,42,43
NIV
Moses Inspects the Tabernacle(A)
32 So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.(B) 33 Then they brought the tabernacle(C) to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather[a] and the shielding curtain; 35 the ark of the covenant law(D) with its poles and the atonement cover; 36 the table(E) with all its articles and the bread of the Presence;(F) 37 the pure gold lampstand(G) with its row of lamps and all its accessories,(H) and the olive oil(I) for the light; 38 the gold altar,(J) the anointing oil,(K) the fragrant incense,(L) and the curtain(M) for the entrance to the tent; 39 the bronze altar(N) with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin(O) with its stand; 40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;(P) the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 41 and the woven garments(Q) worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.
42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(R) 43 Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded.(S) So Moses blessed(T) them.
Footnotes
- Exodus 39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals
Cross references
- Exodus 39:32 : 39:32-41pp — Ex 35:10-19
- Exodus 39:32 : S Ex 25:9
- Exodus 39:33 : Ex 25:8-40; 36:8-38
- Exodus 39:35 : S Ex 37:1
- Exodus 39:36 : Ex 25:23-30; 37:10-16
- Exodus 39:36 : S Ex 25:30
- Exodus 39:37 : S Ex 25:31
- Exodus 39:37 : Ex 25:31-39
- Exodus 39:37 : S Ex 25:6
- Exodus 39:38 : Ex 30:1-10
- Exodus 39:38 : Ex 30:22-32; 37:29
- Exodus 39:38 : Ex 30:34-38; S 37:29
- Exodus 39:38 : S Ex 36:35
- Exodus 39:39 : Ex 27:1-8; 38:1-7
- Exodus 39:39 : S Ex 30:18
- Exodus 39:40 : Ex 27:9-19; 38:9-20
- Exodus 39:41 : S ver 1
- Exodus 39:42 : S Ex 25:9
- Exodus 39:43 : S Ex 25:9; S 35:10
- Exodus 39:43 : Ge 31:55; Lev 9:22, 23; Nu 6:23-27; Dt 21:5; 26:15; 2Sa 6:18; 1Ki 8:14, 55; 1Ch 16:2; 2Ch 30:27
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ESV
32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did (A)according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did. 33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 34 the covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins, and the (B)veil of the screen; 35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; 36 the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 37 (C)the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38 (D)the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and (E)the screen for the entrance of the tent; 39 the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand; 40 (F)the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the (G)screen for the gate of the court, its (H)cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests. 42 (I)According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. 43 And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses (J)blessed them.
Read full chapterCross references
- Exodus 39:32 : ver. 42, 43; ch. 25:40
- Exodus 39:34 : ch. 35:12
- Exodus 39:37 : [ch. 25:31]
- Exodus 39:38 : ch. 30:3; 37:26; 40:5, 26
- Exodus 39:38 : ch. 26:36; 36:37
- Exodus 39:40 : See ch. 27:9-15; 38:9-17
- Exodus 39:40 : ch. 27:16; 38:18
- Exodus 39:40 : ch. 35:18
- Exodus 39:42 : ch. 35:10
- Exodus 39:43 : Lev. 9:22, 23; Josh. 22:6; 2 Sam. 6:18; 1 Kgs. 8:14; 2 Chr. 6:3; 30:27; See Num. 6:23-27
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1. They brought the tabernacle to Moses (32-41)
The craftsmen finished making the tabernacle and all its furnishings. They had followed the pattern the Lord had given Moses. Such attention to detail meant that they had given their hearts fully to the task of preparing a sanctuary for God to come and dwell in their midst. The parts of the sanctuary are listed, including the sacred garments, the oil for the lamps, the incense, the anointing oil, the ropes and tent pegs. God cares about details. We must worship and serve him in his way, not in our own ways. God was laying foundations for mankind to understand the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice.
2. Moses blessed them (42-43)
Moses carefully inspected everything they had made. He saw that they had made it just as the Lord had commanded, so he blessed them all.
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