Exodus 40
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
And YHWH speaks 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 month, in the first month, you raise up the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting,
3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
and have set the Ark of the Testimony [in] there, and have covered over 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 have brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and have brought in the lampstand, and caused its lamps to go up.
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 you have put the golden altar for incense before the Ark of the Testimony, and have put the covering of the opening to the Dwelling Place,
6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.
and have put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting,
7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
and have put the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and have put water [in] there.
8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
And you have set the court all around, and have placed the covering of the gate of the court,
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 have taken the anointing oil, and anointed the Dwelling Place, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it has been 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 you have anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar has been most holy;
11 And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.
and you have anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.
12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
And you have brought Aaron and his sons near to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and have bathed 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 you have clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and anointed him, and sanctified him, and he has acted as priest to Me.
14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;
And you bring his sons near, and have clothed them with coats,
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 anointed them as you have anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing has been to them for a continuous priesthood throughout their generations.”
16 And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.
And Moses does according to all that YHWH has commanded him; so he has done.
17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
And it comes to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, the Dwelling Place has been raised 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 raises up the Dwelling Place, and sets its sockets, and places its boards, and places its bars, and raises its pillars,
19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
and spreads the tent over the Dwelling Place, and puts the covering of the tent on it above, as YHWH has 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 takes and puts the Testimony into the Ark, and sets the poles on the Ark, and puts the propitiatory covering on the Ark above;
21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.
and brings the Ark into the Dwelling Place, and places the veil of the covering, and covers over the Ark of the Testimony, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.
And he puts the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the Dwelling Place northward, at the outside of the veil,
23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
and sets in order the arrangement of bread on it, before YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:
And he puts the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the Dwelling Place southward,
25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.
and causes the lamps to go up before YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
And he sets the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting, before the veil,
27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.
and makes incense on it—spice-incense—as YHWH has commanded Moses.
28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
And he sets the covering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place,
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 has set the altar of the burnt-offering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting, and causes the burnt-offering to go up on it, and the present, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
And he puts the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and puts water [in] there for washing,
31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same;
32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
in their going into the Tent of Meeting, and in their drawing near to the altar, they wash, as YHWH has commanded 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.
And he raises up the court all around the Dwelling Place, and around the altar, and places the covering of the gate of the court; and Moses completes the work.
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 covers the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of YHWH has filled the Dwelling Place;
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 has not been able to go into the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud has dwelt on it, and the glory of YHWH has filled the Dwelling Place.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:
And in the going up of the cloud from off the Dwelling Place the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;
37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
and if the cloud does not go up then they do not journey, until the day of its going 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 the cloud of YHWH [is] on the Dwelling Place by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.
