EXO 40

Exodus 40:13

WEB

You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

BSB

And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.

KJV

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

Matthew Henry

Verses 1–15

Exodus 40:1–15

The materials and furniture of the tabernacle had been viewed severally and approved, and now they must be put together. 1. God here directs Moses to set up the tabernacle and the utensils of it in their places. Though the work of the tabernacle was finished, and every thing ready for rearing, and the people, no doubt, were very desirous to see it up, yet Moses will not erect it till he has express orders for doing so. It is good to see God going before us in every step, Psa 37:23. The time for doing this is fixed to the first day of the first month (Exo 40:2), which wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt; and a good year's work there was done in it. Probably the work was made ready but just at the end of the year, so that the appointing of this day gave no delay, or next to none, to this good work. We must not put off any necessary duty under pretence of waiting for some remarkable day; the present season is the most convenient. But the tabernacle happening to be set up on the first day of the first month intimates that it is good to begin the year with some good work. Let him that is the first have the first; and let the things of his kingdom be first sought. In Hezekiah's time we find they began to sanctify the temple on the first day of the first month, Ch2 29:17. The new moon (which by their computation was the first day of every month) was observed by them with some solemnity; and therefore this first new moon of the year was thus made remarkable. Note, When a new year begins, we should think of serving God more and better than we did the year before. Moses is particularly ordered to set up the tabernacle itself first, in which God would dwell and would be served (Exo 40:2), then to put the ark in its place, and draw the veil before it (Exo 40:3), then to fix the table, and the candlestick, and the altar of incense, without the veil (Exo 40:4, Exo 40:5), and to fix the hanging of the door before the door. Then in the court he must place the altar of burnt offering, and the laver (Exo 40:6, Exo 40:7); and, lastly, he must set up the curtains of the court, and a hanging for a court-gate. And all this would be easily done in one day, many hands no doubt being employed in it under the direction of Moses. 2. He directs Moses, when he had set up the tabernacle and all the furniture of it, to consecrate it and them, by anointing them with the oil which was prepared for the purpose, Exo 30:25, etc. It was there ordered that this should be done; here it was ordered that it should be done now, Exo 40:9-11. Observe, Every thing was sanctified when it was put in its proper place, and not till then, for till then it was not fit for the use to which it was to be sanctified. As every thing is beautiful in its season, so is every thing in its place. 3. He directs him to consecrate Aaron and his sons. When the goods were brought into God's house, they were marked first, and then servants were hired to bear the vessels of the Lord; and those must be clean who were put into that office, Exo 40:12-15. The law which was now ordered to be put in execution we had before, ch. 29. Thus in the visible church, which is God's tabernacle among men, it is requisite that there be ministers to keep the charge of the sanctuary, and that they receive the anointing.

Cross-references: Ps 37:23 · Exod 40:2 · 2Chr 29:17 · Exod 40:3 · Exod 40:4 · Exod 40:5 · Exod 40:6 · Exod 40:7 · Exod 30:25 · Exod 40:9 · Exod 40:12

Hebrew interlinear

לִֽיliprep + suffix · pronominal · 1st · common · sing

H3847

לָבַשׁlâbash/law-bash'/

v — wrap around, put on a garment, clothe

Derivation: or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root;

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

KJV: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.

לָבֵשׁ

vb — put on

לָבֵשׁ, לָבַשׁ vb. put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed

Qal

1.

a. lit. put on (one’s own) garment; = wear (more or less habitually)

b. very oft. fig., put on, be clothed with

c. lit. put on

d. once

e. clothed with

f. and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon

Pu. arrayed

Hiph. clothe, array with

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

H175

אַהֲרוֹןʼAhărôwn/a-har-one'/

n-pr-m — Aharon

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

Aharon, the brother of Moses

KJV: Aaron.

אַהֲרֹן

n.pr.m — Aaron

אַהֲרֹן 346 n.pr.m. Aaron, elder brother of Moses

H854

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prep — nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Derivation: probably from 579;

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

KJV: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

אֵת

prep — with

אֵת, prep. with—prep. denoting proximity

1. Of companionship, together with

2. Of localities

3. אֵת פּ׳ denotes specially

a. in one's possession or keeping

b. in one's knowledge or memory

4. מֵאֵת from proximity with

Note. אֵת expresses closer association than עִם: hence while מֵעִם sts. denotes hardly more than from the surroundings or belongings of, מֵאֵת expresses from close proximity to.

H899

בֶּגֶדbeged/behg'-ed/

n-m — covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

Derivation: from 898;

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

KJV: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, × very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.

בֶּ֫גֶד

n.m — garment

בֶּ֫גֶד n.m. garment, covering

בֶּ֫גֶד

n.[m.] — treachery

בֶּ֫גֶד n.[m.] treachery Is 24:16 Je 12:1.

H6944

קֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/

n-m — sacred, sanctity

Derivation: from 6942;

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

KJV: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

קֹ֫דֶשׁ

n.m — apartness

קֹ֫דֶשׁ 469 n.m. apartness, sacredness

H4886

מָשַׁחmâshach/maw-shakh'/

v — rub with oil, anoint, consecrate, paint

Derivation: a primitive root;

to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint

KJV: anoint, paint.

מָשַׁח

vb — smear

מָשַׁח vb. smear, anoint

Qal

1. smear, house with colour (paint)

2. anoint, as consecration, solemn setting apart to an office, always by use of oil poured on the head

3. anoint, consecrate to religious service

Niph. be anointed

H6942

קָדַשׁqâdash/kaw-dash'/

v — be, make, pronounce, observe, clean

Derivation: a primitive root;

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

KJV: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.

קָדַשׁ

vb. denom — be set apart

קָדַשׁ vb. denom. be set apart, consecrated

Qal

1. be set apart, consecrated, hallowed

2. be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use, or forfeited to sancturay

3. consecrated, tabooed (supr.)

Niph.

1. shew oneself sacred, majestic

2. be honored or treated as sacred

3. be consecrated, dedicated

Pi.

1. set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate

2. observe as holy, keep sacred

3. honor as sacred, hallow

4. consecrate by purification

Pu. consecrated, dedicated

Hiph.

1. set apart, consecrate

2. regard or treat, as sacred, hallowed

3. consecrate by purification

Hithp.

1. keep oneself apart from unclean things

2. of God, cause himself to be hallowed

3. be observed as holy

4. consecrate oneself by purification, of priests and Levites

H3547

כָּהַןkâhan/kaw-han'/

v — officiate, put on regalia

Derivation: a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from 3548;

to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia

KJV: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).

כָּהַן

vb — act as priest

[כָּהַן] vb. only Pi. denom. act as priest

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