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,

The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up 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 shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down 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 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 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 whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry 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 laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt 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 thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.

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

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 door 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.”

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

And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

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;

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

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

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 put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, 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 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 set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he put also the hanging in the entry 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 of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.

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

And he set the laver 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, and 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.

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

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

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

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

If it hung over, 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.

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.