Exodus 40

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke unto 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 shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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

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

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 arrange the order of the showbread upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

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 set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and thou shalt put up the hanging at the door to 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 thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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

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

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

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and put up the hanging at 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 anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein; and thou shalt hallow it, with all its vessels, 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-offering, and all its vessels; and thou shalt sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

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

And thou shalt anoint the laver with its foot, and sanctify 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 near Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and 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 clothe Aaron with the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me.

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

And his sons shalt thou bring near, and clothe 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.”

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou hast anointed their father, that they may be priests unto me; and this shall be, that their anointing shall be unto them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

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

And Moses did so; all, just as the Lord had 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, on the first of the month, that the tabernacle was reared 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 up the tabernacle, and placed its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its 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 he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it above; as the Lord had 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 and put the testimony into the ark, and placed the staves on the ark; and he put the mercy-seat upon the ark 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 he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the separation, and made therewith a separation for the ark of the testimony; as the Lord had 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 the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle, northward, without the vail.

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

And he arranged upon it the order of bread before the Lord; 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,

And he placed the candlestick in the tabernacle of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle, southward.

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

And he lighted the 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 placed the golden altar in the tabernacle of the congregation before the vail.

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

And he burnt thereon 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 up the hanging at the door to the tabernacle.

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 burnt-offering he placed by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; and he offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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 congregation and the altar, and put water there, for washing.

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 therefrom their hands and their 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 in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed themselves; 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.

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and put up the hanging of the gate of the court; and so did Moses finish 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 tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

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 tent of the congregation; because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

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 was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel were wont to go onward in all their journeyings.

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

But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that is was taken 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 the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and a fire was by night on it, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeyings.