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.

The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,

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

And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:

4 Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up its lamps.

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,

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 the altar of gold whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,

6 Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

And before it the altar of holocaust:

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

The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.

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

And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.

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

And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:

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

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:

11 Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.

The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.

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

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed 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.

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

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.”

Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.

16 Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.

And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

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

So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, 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 reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,

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 spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.

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 put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

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 when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.

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

And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,

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

Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side,

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

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

26 Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,

27 and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,

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 the altar of holocaust of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.

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

And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

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

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

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

When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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.

He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected,

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

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

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

Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.

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

If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:

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

If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

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 the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.