Exodus 40
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, you shall set up the tabernacle of witness,
3 and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
and you shall place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shall cover the ark with the veil,
4 And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
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.
5 and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
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.
6 and before it, the altar of holocaust.
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.
7 The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
8 And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
9 And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
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.
10 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
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.
11 the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.
12 And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall wash them with water.
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.
And you shall bring up his sons, and shall put garments on them.
15 you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”
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.
16 And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.
And Moses did all things whatever the Lord commanded him, so did he.
17 Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
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 And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.
19 and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
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 placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.
21 And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
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 placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
23 arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
And he put on it the show bread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
24 And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from 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 setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
26 He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
27 and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.
28 And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
29 and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.
30 Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
31 And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.
32 whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
33 And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
34 the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.
35 Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.
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 Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.
37 But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.
38 Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.
For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.
