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He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its bases, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its bases and set up its boards and inserted its bars and erected its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moses erected the tabernacle, laid its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars and erected its support poles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses set up the tabernacle: He laid its bases, positioned its supports, inserted its crossbars, and set up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The posts, stands, and framework were put in place, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Moses set up the tent, he put the sockets in place, put up the frames, inserted the crossbars, and set up the posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Moses put down its bases, set up its frames, attached its crossbars, and put up its posts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses set up the tent. He installed its sockets and set its boards in place. He inserted its bars and set up its pillars. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And Moses erected the tabernacle, and put its sockets in place, and set up its hooks and its boards, and put in its bars, and he erected its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Moses raises up the Dwelling Place, and sets its sockets, and places its boards, and places its bars, and raises its pillars,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will raise up the dwelling and will set its bases, and will put up its boards, and will give its bars, and will raise up its pillars.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 40:16>And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />It was Moses who set up the tabernacle. He placed its pedestals, set up its frames, put in its bars, and set up its columns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses set up the tabernacle; he laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses set up the tabernacle and fastened its pegs and set up its boards and put in its bars and raised up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe raised up the Tabernacle and he knocked its stakes and laid its boards and nailed its boards and raised up its pillars.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/40-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=10682" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/40.htm">Setting Up the Tabernacle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">When Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4908.htm" title="4908: ham·miš·kān (Art:: N-ms) -- Dwelling place, tabernacle. From shakan; a residence; specifically, the Tabernacle.">the tabernacle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">he laid</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/134.htm" title="134: ’ă·ḏā·nāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A base, pedestal. From the same as 'adown; a basis.">its bases,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">positioned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7175.htm" title="7175: qə·rā·šāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A slab, plank, a deck of a, ship. From an unused root meaning to split off; a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of a ship.">its frames,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">inserted</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1280.htm" title="1280: bə·rî·ḥāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A bar. From barach; a bolt.">its crossbars,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">and set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: ‘am·mū·ḏāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">its posts.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a></span><br />You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a></span><br />So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-8.htm">Exodus 27:8</a></span><br />Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-10.htm">Exodus 35:10-11</a></span><br />Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded: / the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-8.htm">Exodus 36:8</a></span><br />All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/39-32.htm">Exodus 39:32</a></span><br />So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Numbers 1:50-51</a></span><br />Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it. / Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/7-1.htm">Numbers 7:1</a></span><br />On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">Numbers 9:15</a></span><br />On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1</a></span><br />In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-4.htm">1 Kings 8:4</a></span><br />and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">1 Chronicles 15:1</a></span><br />David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1</a></span><br />So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-2.htm">2 Chronicles 5:2-5</a></span><br />At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-2.htm">2 Chronicles 6:2</a></span><br />But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">reared</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/40-2.htm">Exodus 40:2</a></b></br> On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/26-15.htm">Exodus 26:15-30</a></b></br> And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle <i>of</i> shittim wood standing up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Exodus 36:20-34</a></b></br> And he made boards for the tabernacle <i>of</i> shittim wood, standing up… </p><p class="hdg">and fastened</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a></b></br> And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a></b></br> But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/39-33.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/exodus/39-40.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/exodus/39-33.htm">Boards</a> <a href="/exodus/39-33.htm">Crossbars</a> <a href="/exodus/40-17.htm">Erected</a> <a href="/exodus/39-31.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/exodus/39-31.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/exodus/39-33.htm">Frames</a> <a href="/exodus/40-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/exodus/38-7.htm">Inserted</a> <a href="/exodus/22-11.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/exodus/40-16.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/39-40.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/exodus/38-5.htm">Places</a> <a href="/genesis/48-14.htm">Placeth</a> <a href="/exodus/40-4.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Poles</a> <a href="/genesis/41-13.htm">Position</a> <a href="/exodus/39-40.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/exodus/40-15.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/exodus/40-17.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">Raiseth</a> <a href="/exodus/40-17.htm">Reared</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Rods</a> <a href="/exodus/39-40.htm">Sockets</a> <a href="/exodus/40-17.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/exodus/40-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Uprights</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/numbers/3-37.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Boards</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Crossbars</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Erected</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-7.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-18.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Frames</a> <a href="/exodus/40-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm">Inserted</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-14.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/exodus/40-19.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Places</a> <a href="/exodus/40-21.htm">Placeth</a> <a href="/numbers/11-24.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-37.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/exodus/40-20.htm">Poles</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-15.htm">Position</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-13.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Raiseth</a> <a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Reared</a> <a href="/exodus/40-20.htm">Rods</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Sockets</a> <a href="/exodus/40-19.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-15.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-28.htm">Uprights</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/40-1.htm">The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, anointed, and consecrated</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/40-13.htm">Aaron and his sons to be sanctified</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/40-16.htm">Moses performs all things accordingly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">A cloud covers the tabernacle</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The tabernacle, also known as the "Tent of Meeting," served as the dwelling place of God among the Israelites during their wilderness journey. It symbolizes God's desire to dwell with His people, a theme that is fulfilled in the New Testament with the incarnation of Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). The act of setting up the tabernacle signifies obedience to God's detailed instructions and the beginning of a new phase in Israel's relationship with God.<p><b>he laid its bases</b><br>The bases, or sockets, were made of silver and served as the foundation for the tabernacle's structure (<a href="/exodus/26-19.htm">Exodus 26:19</a>). Silver in the Bible often symbolizes redemption, as seen in the silver shekels used for the atonement money (<a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">Exodus 30:11-16</a>). The solid foundation of the tabernacle can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the foundation of the Church (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-11.htm">1 Corinthians 3:11</a>).<p><b>positioned its frames</b><br>The frames, or boards, were made of acacia wood overlaid with gold (<a href="/exodus/26-15.htm">Exodus 26:15-30</a>). Acacia wood is known for its durability and resistance to decay, symbolizing the incorruptible nature of Christ. The gold overlay represents His divinity. The positioning of the frames indicates the careful and precise nature of God's instructions, reflecting His order and holiness.<p><b>inserted its crossbars</b><br>The crossbars provided stability and unity to the structure of the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/26-26.htm">Exodus 26:26-28</a>). They can be seen as a symbol of the unity and strength found in the body of Christ, the Church. Just as the crossbars held the frames together, the Holy Spirit unites believers in Christ (<a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm">Ephesians 4:3-4</a>).<p><b>and set up its posts</b><br>The posts were essential for supporting the curtains and the overall structure of the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/26-32.htm">Exodus 26:32-37</a>). They represent the support and strength provided by God to His people. In a broader sense, the posts can be seen as a type of the apostles and prophets, who are foundational to the Church (<a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20</a>). The setting up of the posts signifies the completion and readiness of the tabernacle for worship and the presence of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and guide them through the wilderness. Moses is responsible for setting up the tabernacle according to God's instructions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>A portable sanctuary that served as the dwelling place of God among the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness. It was a central place of worship and symbolized God's presence with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after their exodus from Egypt. It is a place of testing, learning, and reliance on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bases,_frames,_crossbars,_and_posts.htm">The Bases, Frames, Crossbars, and Posts</a></b><br>These are the structural components of the tabernacle, each with specific instructions given by God. They represent the detailed obedience required in the construction of the tabernacle.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>Moses' careful assembly of the tabernacle demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's specific instructions. In our lives, we are called to follow God's Word with precision and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_among_his_people.htm">God's Presence Among His People</a></b><br>The tabernacle symbolizes God's desire to dwell among His people. Today, through the Holy Spirit, God dwells within believers, offering guidance, comfort, and a constant presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/attention_to_detail_in_worship.htm">Attention to Detail in Worship</a></b><br>The detailed construction of the tabernacle reminds us that our worship should be intentional and reverent. We are to approach God with respect and honor, recognizing His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_matters.htm">The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Matters</a></b><br>Moses' leadership in setting up the tabernacle highlights the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide their communities in worship and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 40</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_manifest_presence_of_god.htm">What is the Manifest Presence of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_tabernacle_instructions_vary.htm">Exodus 40:16 - Why do other sections of the Bible emphasize different instructions for the same Tabernacle setup, creating apparent inconsistencies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_seek_advice_from_jethro_after_god.htm">Why would Moses need leadership advice from a non-Israelite (Exodus 18:13-26) after direct guidance from God elsewhere in Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jethro_also_reuel,_or_a_contradiction.htm">Exodus 18:1 calls Moses' father-in-law 'Jethro,' yet Exodus 2:18 refers to him as 'Reuel.' Are these two names for the same person, or is this a contradiction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Moses . . . fastened his sockets.</span>--The stability of the Tabernacle must have depended almost entirely upon the sockets. These were of some considerable weight (<a href="/exodus/38-27.htm" title="And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.">Exodus 38:27</a>), but they cannot by their mere weight have sustained the fabric in an upright position. It is reasonable to suppose that they were let into the ground to a depth of some feet. The erection necessarily commenced with this operation.<p><span class= "bld">Set up the boards.</span>--When the sockets had been firmly fixed, the upright boards and tiie pillars were inserted into them by means of the "tenons" in which they terminated, and so stood erect. The coupling by "bars" rivetted the three walls into one firm and compact structure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Fastened his</span> <span class="cmt_word">sockets.</span> Rather, "placed its sockets." The "sockets" or "bases" appear to have been simply laid on the flat sand of the desert, not "fastened" to it in any way. They were heavy masses of metal and would remain where they were placed. <span class="cmt_word">His pillars</span>. The pillars that supported the "veil," and also those at the east end, where the entrance was. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/40-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֨קֶם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·qem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the tabernacle,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miš·kān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4908.htm">Strong's 4908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence, the Tabernacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he laid</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּן֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its bases,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדָנָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_134.htm">Strong's 134: </a> </span><span class="str2">A base, pedestal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">positioned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its frames,</span><br /><span class="heb">קְרָשָׁ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(qə·rā·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7175.htm">Strong's 7175: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slab, plank, a deck of a, ship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inserted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its crossbars,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיחָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ḥāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1280.htm">Strong's 1280: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bolt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֖קֶם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·qem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its posts.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמּוּדָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mū·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/40-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 40:18 Moses raised up the tabernacle and laid (Exo. 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