Exodus 40:8

Modern

Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

Traditional

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

Literal

And you shall put up the court all around, and you shall set up the screen of the gate of the court.

Latin

Circumdabisque atrium tentoriis, et ingressum ejus.

Hebrew

English

Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33).
The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and gifts.

Theme notes and profiles

Ephesians 4:11–12
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Exodus 40:33
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.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
Exodus 27:9–19
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
Exodus 38:9–20
Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,