And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
Parallel translations
- WEB On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and consecrated them.
- NASB Now on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also.
- NLT On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy. He also anointed and set apart all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils.
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Quick answer
On the day the tabernacle was set up and consecrated, its dedication offerings began.
Overview
This verse links back to the completed tabernacle (Exod 40) and sets the stage for its dedication. The anointing and sanctifying of the structure and its furnishings marked them as holy, fit for God's presence. The tabernacle where God dwelt among His people anticipates Christ, who 'tabernacled' among us (John 1:14).
Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 8:10–11And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
- Num 7:84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
- Matt 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Gen 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- Lev 9:1–24And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
- Num 7:88And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
- Exod 13:2Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
- Exod 40:9–10And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
- Exod 40:17–19And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
- 1 Kgs 8:64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
- Exod 30:23–30Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
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