Exodus 40:9 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Exodus 40:9
And 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.
to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
anointing
הַמִּשְׁחָ֔הha.mish.Chah
H4888
unction (the act) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
oil
שֶׁ֣מֶןShe.men
H8081
grease · noun, common masculine singular construct
anoint
וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥u.ma.shach.Ta
H4886
to rub with oil · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
tabernacle
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןha.mish.Kan
H4908
a residence (including a shepherd's hut · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
hallow
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ve.ki.dash.Ta
H6942
to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
vessels
כֵּלָ֖יוke.Lav
H3627
something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
holy
קֹֽדֶשׁKo.desh
H6944
a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
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Cross-references
Leviticus 8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
Numbers 7:1 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 t…
Exodus 30:23-33 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fift…
Exodus 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
Exodus 39:39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Psalms 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowl…
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up th…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on 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 wor…
Thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things, etc. - That is, Thou shalt place the twelve loaves upon the table in the order before mentioned. See Clarke's note on Exo 25:30.
John Gill on Exodus 40:9
And thou shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,.... In this, and the two following verses Exodus 40:10, orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated for divine use and service, according to
John Calvin on Exodus 40:2-35
Exodus 40:2.
On the first day of the first month I cannot at all approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all its parts before Moses went the second time into the Mount, we infer from the fact that the ark was then prepared in which the tables were deposited, as we shall see from the context. Besides, it has elsewhere [394] been shewn by sound arguments, as I think, that it was pitched without the camp in token of divorce, from the time that the people had made the calf. What, then, is the meaning of the setting-up which is now spoken of? I reply, that it is said to have been set up, when [395] it was bro…
The Church Fathers
A little higher, when God spoke before the anointing of the tabernacle, he said that with the same anointing all those things were sanctified and became "sancta sanctorum." He had also said that the altar of burnt offerings, sanctified with that anointing, became "the saint's saint." And it seemed that he was interested not to call any of those things "holy of the saints", but only to what was separated from the saint by the veil, that is, where the ark of the covenant and the altar of incense were. But now, in repeating the same things, he says about the anointed tabernacle and the things that were in it that were sanctified with the same anointing and became holy. And the altar of burnt offerings, of which he had said before that he became "saint of the saint," now says that with that same anointing he becomes "saint of the saints." From which it follows that it means the same, what had been called "saint of the saint" that what is called "saint of saints", and, therefore, that all those anointed things, such as the tabernacle and everything that had in it, which had previously been called "sancta sanctorum" they mean the same as what is now called "sancta" and none of these things after that anointing is called only "saint of the saint", but also "saint of saints" , like the altar of holocausts. From this it follows that there is no difference, as far as this name is concerned, between the things that were inside the veil, where the ark of the covenant was, and the other things that were outside, except for the fact that the things inside were called "sancta sanctorum" or "saint of saints." And they were called like this even before the anointing. Instead, the other things were sanctified by the anointing so that they could be given that name. And discussing what all this means takes time.
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Dictionary and topics
Ointment — Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Tent — (1.) Heb. ‘ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings…
Anointing · .OF THE TABERNACLE — .OF THE TABERNACLE
Anointing, Sacred · Things which received: Tabernacle, &c — Things which received: Tabernacle, &c
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Tabernacle first set up — Tabernacle first set up
Sanctification · Material things sanctified by anointing — Material things sanctified by anointing
Tabernacle · Anointed and consecrated with oil — Anointed and consecrated with oil
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
