Exodus 40

1 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 "On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,

3 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall veil the ark with the curtain.

And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:

4 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps.

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 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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

And before it the altar of holocaust:

7 You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water in it.

The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.

8 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.

9 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.

And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:

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

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:

11 You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.

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

12 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash 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 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 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.

15 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."

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

And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

17 It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.

So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

18 And Moses erected the tabernacle, and put its sockets in place, and set up its hooks and its boards, and put in its bars, and he erected its pillars.

And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,

19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as YHWH commanded Moses.

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

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

And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the curtain as the screen, and concealed the ark of the testimony, as YHWH 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 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil.

And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,

23 He set the bread in order on it before YHWH, as YHWH commanded Moses.

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

24 He put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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

25 He lit the lamps before YHWH, as YHWH commanded Moses.

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

26 He put 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 he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as YHWH commanded Moses.

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

28 He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,

29 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 YHWH 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 He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, with which to wash.

And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

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

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

32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as YHWH commanded Moses.

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

33 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.

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 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of YHWH filled the tabernacle.

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

35 Moses wasn't able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and YHWH's glory filled the tabernacle.

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

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

37 but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they did not travel until the day that it was taken up.

If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

38 For the cloud of YHWH 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.

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.