Exodus 40

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 On the day of the first month, on the first of the month, shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

3 And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.

and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.

4 And 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 its lamps.

And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

5 And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.

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,

6 And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

8 And thou shalt fix the court round about, and hang up the curtain at the gate of the court.

And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.

And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

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

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, and hallow it.

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 thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons near, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and bathe them with water.

And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

13 And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and anoint him, and hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.

14 And thou shalt bring his sons near, and clothe them with vests.

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall be to them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

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.”

16 And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.

Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

18 And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put in its bases, and fixed its boards, and put in its bars, and set up its pillars.

And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above over it; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.

20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark.

And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and hung up the veil of separation, and covered the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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.

22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil,

And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

23 and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

25 And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.

He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,

27 And he burnt on it fragrant incense; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

28 And he hung up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.

And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt-offering and the oblation; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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.

30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.

Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet out of it:

And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,

32 when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they drew near to the altar, they washed; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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 set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the curtain of the gate of the court. And so Moses finished the work.

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 And the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

35 And Moses could not enter into the tent of meeting, for the cloud abode on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

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.

36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.

Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

37 And if the cloud were not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.

But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

38 For the cloud of Jehovah was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

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.