Exodus 40

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

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

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

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 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;

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 thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, —before the opening of the habitation 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 thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,

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

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

“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 thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, —and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be 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 thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.

You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify 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;

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

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

You shall bring his sons, and put tunics 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.

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

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

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.

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

18 Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared 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 Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, —As Yahweh 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 took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark, —and placed the propitiatory upon 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 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.

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

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

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

He set the bread in order on it 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;

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

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 Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD 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 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 Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, —and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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 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.