Exodus 40
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, you shall set up the tabernacle of witness,
“On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
3 and you shall place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shall cover the ark with the veil,
You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.
4 and you shall bring in the table and shall set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.
You must bring in the table and set in order the things that belong on it. Then you must bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps.
5 And you shall place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and you shall put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.
You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the testimony, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 And you shall put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall set up the tabernacle round about, and you shall hallow all that belongs to it round about.
You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.
You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.
9 And you shall take the anointing oil, and shall anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shall sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.
You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy.
10 And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offerings, and all its furniture; and you shall hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me.
You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.
12 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall wash them with water.
You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash them with water.
13 And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.
You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as my priest.
14 And you shall bring up his sons, and shall put garments on them.
You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 And you shall anoint them as you did 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.
You must anoint them as you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will make for them a permanent priesthood throughout their people's generations.”
16 And Moses did all things whatever the Lord commanded him, so did he.
This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.
17 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.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
18 And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.
Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.
19 And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.
He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
20 And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.
He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on it.
21 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.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.
22 And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
23 And he put on it the show bread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
24 And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle towards the south.
He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
26 And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
27 and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.
He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
29 And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.
He put the altar for the burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. He offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded him.
He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put water in it for washing.
31 And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.
Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin
whenever they would go into the tent of meeting and whenever they would go up to the altar. They washed themselves, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar. He set up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. In this way, Moses finished the work.
34 And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
35 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.
Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and because Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
36 And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.
Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey.
37 And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.
But if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted up.
38 For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.
For Yahweh's cloud was over the tabernacle by day, and his fire was over it by night, in plain view of all the people of Israel throughout their journey.
