Exodus 40

1 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

2 In the first day of the first moneth in the very first of the same moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle, called ye Tabernacle of the Congregation:

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

3 And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile.

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

4 Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes,

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

5 And thou shalt set ye incense Altar of gold before the Arke of the Testimonie, and put the hanging at the doore of the Tabernacle.

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.

6 Moreouer, thou shalt set the burnt offering Altar before the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

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

7 And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein.

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

8 Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate.

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

9 After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy.

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

10 And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instruments, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.

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

11 Also thou shalt anoynt the Lauer, and his foote, and shalt sanctifie it.

Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.

12 Then thou shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

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

13 And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office.

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 Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, and clothe them with garments,

Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.

15 And shalt anoynt them as thou diddest anoynt their father, that they may minister vnto mee in the Priestes office: for their anoynting shall be a signe, that the Priesthood shall be euerlasting vnto them throughout their generations.

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.”

16 So Moses did according to all that ye Lord had commanded him: so did he.

Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.

17 Thus was the Tabernacle reared vp the first day of the first moneth in the seconde yeere.

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

18 Then Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boardes thereof, and put in the barres of it, and reared vp his pillars.

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

19 And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

20 And he tooke and put the Testimonie in the Arke, and put the barres in the ringes of the Arke, and set the Merciseate on hie vpon the Arke.

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.

21 He brought also the Arke into the Tabernacle, and hanged vp the couering vaile, and couered the Arke of the Testimonie, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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.

22 Furthermore he put the Table in the Tabernacle of the Congregation in the Northside of the Tabernacle, without the vaile,

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

23 And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

24 Also he put the Candlesticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, ouer against the Table toward ye Southside of the Tabernacle.

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

25 And he lighted the lampes before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

26 Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle,

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

27 And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

28 Also he hanged vp the vayle at the doore of the Tabernacle.

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

29 After, he set the burnt offring Altar without the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered the burnt offering and the sacrifice thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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.

30 Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.

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

31 So Moses and Aaron, and his sonnes washed their handes and their feete thereat.

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

32 When they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and when they approched to the Altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

33 Finally, he reared vp the court rounde about the Tabernacle and the Altar, and hanged vp the vaile at the court gate: so Moses finished the worke.

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 couered the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the glorie of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

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

35 So Moses could not enter into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, because the cloude abode thereon, and the glorie of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

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

36 Nowe when the cloude ascended vp from the Tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward in all their iourneyes.

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

37 But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneyed not till the day that it ascended.

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

38 For the cloude of the Lord was vpon the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their iourneyes.

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.