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,

“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

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

and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.

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 having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

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 the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

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

and before it, the altar of holocaust.

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

The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

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

And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

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, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

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;

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

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

the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.

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 you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed 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.

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

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.”

you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”

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

And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

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;

Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

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 raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

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 roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.

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 placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.

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

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 placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

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

arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed 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 placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

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

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

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

He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,

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

and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

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 the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.

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

Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

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

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

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

whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed 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.

And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,

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

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

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.

Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.

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

Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

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

But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

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.

Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.