Exodus 40

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

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 you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

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

You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen 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.

You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light 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,

You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of 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,

“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

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

You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.

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

You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen 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;

“You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will 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;

You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.

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

You shall anoint the basin and its base, 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;

“You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall 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.

You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

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

You shall bring his sons, and put tunics 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.”

You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

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

Moses did so. According to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.

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;

In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised 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,

Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised 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.

He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, 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;

He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on 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.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, 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,

He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.

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

He set the bread in order on it 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,

He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

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

He lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;

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

and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

He put up the screen of 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.

He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.

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

Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.

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 Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD 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 raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

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

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory 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.

Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory 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;

When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;

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 wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it 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 on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.