And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
Parallel translations
- WEB He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
- KJV And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
- NKJV And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
- NASB And he erected the courtyard all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
- NLT Then he hung the curtains forming the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar. And he set up the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard. So at last Moses finished the work.
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Quick answer
Moses set up the courtyard and its gate, and so finished the work. The completed tabernacle stood ready as God's dwelling among Israel.
Overview
With the court erected and its entrance screen hung, the entire tabernacle project was complete. The note that 'Moses finished the work' echoes the completion of creation and the later finishing of Christ's redemptive work. The finished sanctuary set the stage for God's glory to descend, fulfilling the purpose of His dwelling among His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 40:8Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
- Exod 27:9–16You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Exod 39:32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- Zech 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
- Heb 3:2–5He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Kgs 6:9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
- 1 Cor 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Num 1:50Instead, 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.
- John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Matt 16:8Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
- Heb 4:14–16Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- Eph 4:11–13And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- 1 Cor 12:28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
- Heb 9:6–7When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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