Exodus 40 in the early church
9 passages quote, allude to, or echo Exodus 40, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 2 · 9 · 17 · 18 · 24 · 34 · 35
Exodus 40:2
“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:2 | Homilies on Numbers 1.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Exodus 40:9
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:9 | Letter 85.5 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Exodus 40:17
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:17 | Pilgrimage (Itinerarium) 5.9 · Egeria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 381-395 |
Exodus 40:18
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:18 | Oration 44.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Exodus 40:24
He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:24–25 | Tractates on Matthew 5.4 · Chromatius of Aquileia | allusion, high confidence | ca. 388–407 |
Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:34–35 | Commentary on John 32.331 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Exod 40:34 | Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Exod 40:34–38 | Exodus, lines 1314–1334 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Exodus 40:35
Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exod 40:35 | Dialogue with Trypho 127.3 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |