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;

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

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

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

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

And before it the altar of holocaust:

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

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

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

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

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

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:

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:

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

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

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 thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed 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.

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

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.

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

And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 And he put the altar of gold 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 burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

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

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

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

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 thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.