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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 40:8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
- Exod 27:9–16And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exod 39:32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- Eph 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
- John 17:4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
- Zech 4:9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
- Heb 3:2–5Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- 1 Kgs 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- 1 Cor 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- Num 1:50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
- John 10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- Matt 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
- Heb 4:14–16Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
- Eph 4:11–13And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
- 1 Cor 12:28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- Heb 9:6–7Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
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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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