Exodus 40

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;

On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, you shall set up the tabernacle of witness,

3 and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, —and shalt screen the ark with the veil;

and you shall place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shall cover the ark with the veil,

4 and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon, —and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof;

and you shall bring in the table and shall set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

5 and thou shalt place the altar of gold for incense, before the ark of the testimony, —and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation;

And you shall place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and you shall put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.

6 and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, —before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;

And you shall put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall set up the tabernacle round about, and you shall hallow all that belongs to it round about.

7 and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,

8 And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

9 And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the habitation and all that is therein, —and shalt hallow it. and all the furniture thereof so shall it be holy.

And you shall take the anointing oil, and shall anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shall sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, —and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:

And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offerings, and all its furniture; and you shall hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11 and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.

12 And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, —and shalt bathe them in the water;

And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall wash them with water.

13 and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments, —and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me.

And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.

14 His sons also, shalt thou bring near, —and shalt clothe them with tunics;

And you shall bring up his sons, and shall put garments on them.

15 and shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me, —so shall their anointing remain to them for an age-abiding priesthood, to their generations.

And you shall anoint them as you did anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

16 And Moses did, —according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.

And Moses did all things whatever the Lord commanded him, so did he.

17 Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.

And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.

18 Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared its pillars.

And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.

19 Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.

20 And he took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark, —and placed the propitiatory upon the ark, above;

And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.

21 and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on [it] the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

22 And he placed the table in the tent of meeting, —on the side of the habitation northward, —outside the veil;

And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.

23 and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

And he put on it the show bread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

24 And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table, —on the side of the habitation southward;

And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle towards the south.

25 and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

26 And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, —before the veil;

And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;

27 and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.

28 And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;

29 and, the altar of ascending-sacrifice, put he at the entrance of the habitation of the tent of meeting, —and he caused to ascend thereupon the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.

30 And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar, —and put therein water for bathing;

31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;

And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.

32 when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

33 And he reared the court round about to the habitation and to the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court, —and Moses finished the work.

34 Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, —and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;

And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

35 and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon, —and the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

36 And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;

And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.

37 but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.

And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.

38 For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation by day, and, a fire, came to be by night therein, —in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeyings.

For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.