Exodus 40:16

40:16 This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him – so he did.

Exodus 40:19

40:19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:21

40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung ¹  the protecting curtain, ²  and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:23

40:23 And he set the bread in order on it ³  before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:25

40:25 Then he set up the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:27

40:27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:32

40:32 Whenever they entered ⁴  the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached ⁵  the altar, they would wash, ⁶  just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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¹ tn Heb “set up,” if it includes more than the curtain.

² tn Or “shielding” (NIV); Heb “the veil of the covering” (cf. KJV).

³ tn Heb uses a cognate accusative construction, “he arranged the arrangement.”

⁴ tn The construction is the infinitive construct with the temporal preposition and the suffixed subjective genitive. This temporal clause indicates that the verb in the preceding verse was frequentative.

⁵ tn This is another infinitive construct in a temporal clause.

⁶ tn In this explanatory verse the verb is a customary imperfect.