Exodus 40

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,

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

and thou shalt place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,

4 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.

and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

5 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,

And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.

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

And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about.

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

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

9 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;

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and shalt anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shalt sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.

10 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;

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

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

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

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water.

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

And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.

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

And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them.

15 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.”

And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst 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 And Moses does according to all that YHWH has commanded him; so he has done.

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

17 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;

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

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

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

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 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;

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

21 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;

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

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

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

29 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.

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

30 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 have washed their hands and their feet at the same;

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

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

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

35 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.

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

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

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

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

38 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.

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