Exodus 40

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

“On the first day of the month, in the first month, you raise up the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting,

3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

and have set the Ark of the Testimony [in] there, and have covered over the Ark with the veil,

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 the lamps thereof.

and have brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and have brought in the lampstand, and caused its lamps to go up.

5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

And you have put the golden altar for incense before the Ark of the Testimony, and have put the covering of the opening to the Dwelling Place,

6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

and have put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting,

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

and have put the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and have put water [in] there.

8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

And you have set the court all around, and have placed the covering of the gate of the court,

9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that [is] therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

and have taken the anointing oil, and anointed the Dwelling Place, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it has been holy;

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

and you have anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar has been most holy;

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

and you have anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.

12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

And you have brought Aaron and his sons near to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and have bathed them with water;

13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

and you have clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and anointed him, and sanctified him, and he has acted as priest to Me.

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

And you bring his sons near, and have clothed them with coats,

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

and anointed them as you have anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing has been to them for a continuous priesthood throughout their generations.”

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

And Moses does according to all that YHWH has commanded him; so he has done.

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

And it comes to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, the Dwelling Place has been raised up;

18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

and Moses raises up the Dwelling Place, and sets its sockets, and places its boards, and places its bars, and raises its pillars,

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

and spreads the tent over the Dwelling Place, and puts the covering of the tent on it above, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

And he takes and puts the Testimony into the Ark, and sets the poles on the Ark, and puts the propitiatory covering on the Ark above;

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

and brings the Ark into the Dwelling Place, and places the veil of the covering, and covers over the Ark of the Testimony, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

And he puts the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the Dwelling Place northward, at the outside of the veil,

23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

and sets in order the arrangement of bread on it, before YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And he puts the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the Dwelling Place southward,

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

and causes the lamps to go up before YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:

And he sets the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting, before the veil,

27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

and makes incense on it—spice-incense—as YHWH has commanded Moses.

28 And he set up the hanging [at] the door of the tabernacle.

And he sets the covering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place,

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering [by] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

and he has set the altar of the burnt-offering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting, and causes the burnt-offering to go up on it, and the present, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].

And he puts the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and puts water [in] there for washing,

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same;

32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

in their going into the Tent of Meeting, and in their drawing near to the altar, they wash, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

And he raises up the court all around the Dwelling Place, and around the altar, and places the covering of the gate of the court; and Moses completes the work.

34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And the cloud covers the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of YHWH has filled the Dwelling Place;

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

and Moses has not been able to go into the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud has dwelt on it, and the glory of YHWH has filled the Dwelling Place.

36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

And in the going up of the cloud from off the Dwelling Place the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

and if the cloud does not go up then they do not journey, until the day of its going up.

38 For the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

For the cloud of YHWH [is] on the Dwelling Place by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.