Exodus 40:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.”

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BSBPD

“So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been raised up;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 40:17 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:2“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
  2. Exodus 40:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  3. Numbers 7:1On 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.
  4. Numbers 9:1In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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