“Why did God command Moses to erect the tabernacle on the first day of the first month? Because at that time he created the world. The sprouting of the trees attests to this fact. For Scripture says, "Let the earth sprout forth grass for fodder, and sow seed according to its kind and its likeness, and fruit-bearing tre…”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — QUESTIONS ON EXODUS 72
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2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
— Exodus 40:2 —
3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.