Exodus 40

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.

On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,

3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

and thou shalt place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,

4 And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.

and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

5 And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.

6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.

And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about.

7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

9 And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and shalt anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shalt sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.

10 And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.

And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11 And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.

12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water.

13 You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.

And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.

14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;

And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them.

15 And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.

And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

16 And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.

And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.

17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.

And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.

18 Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;

And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.

19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.

20 And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.

21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on [it] the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.

And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.

23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.

And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:

And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.

And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;

27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.

28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.

29 And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

And he put the altar of the burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.

30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.

31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,

And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.

32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

33 And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.

34 Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

35 So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.

37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.

38 For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.