Exodus 40

1 The Lord told Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Put up the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month of the year.

On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, you shall set up the tabernacle of witness,

3 Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.

and you shall place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shall cover the ark with the veil,

4 Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up 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 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen at the entrance to 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 Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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 Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

8 Set up the courtyard that's around it, and put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance.

9 Use the anointing oil to anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it. Dedicate it and all its furniture to make it holy.

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 Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils. Dedicate the altar and it will be especially holy.

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 Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.

12 Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them there 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.

13 Then you are to put on Aaron the holy clothes, anoint him, and dedicate him, so that he may serve me as a priest.

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.

14 Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.

And you shall bring up his sons, and shall put garments on them.

15 Anoint them in the same way as you anointed their father, so that they can also serve me as priests. Their anointing makes their line priests forever, for generations to come.”

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 Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.

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

17 The Tabernacle was put up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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 When Moses put up the Tabernacle, he placed its stands, attached its frames, connected its crossbars, and erected its posts.

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

19 Then he spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering over the tent, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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 Moses took the Testimony and put it in the Ark. He attached the poles to the Ark, and he placed the atonement cover on the top of the Ark.

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

21 Then he carried the Ark into the Tabernacle. He put up the veil, and made sure the Ark of the Testimony was behind it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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 Moses placed the table inside the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil.

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

23 He laid out the bread on it in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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

24 He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle

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

25 and put up the lamps in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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

26 Moses set up 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 and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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

28 Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.

29 He set up the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and presented the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

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

30 He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet

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

32 They washed whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

33 Moses set up the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance. This marked the end of the work done by Moses.

34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

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

35 Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

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 rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.

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

37 If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.

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

38 The cloud of the Lord stayed over the Tabernacle by day, and fire burned inside the cloud by night, so that it could be seen by every Israelite wherever they traveled.

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