Exodus 40
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 'On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
3 and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,
and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
4 and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up.
And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
5 'And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,
and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
6 and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
and before it, the altar of holocaust.
7 and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there.
The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
8 'And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,
And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
9 and hast taken the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it hath been holy;
And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
10 and thou hast anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar hath been most holy;
The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
11 and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.
the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.
12 'And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;
And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
13 and thou hast clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and anointed him, and sanctified him, and he hath acted as priest to Me.
14 'And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats,
15 and anointed them as thou hast anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing hath been to be to them for a priesthood age-during, to their generations.'
you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”
16 And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.
And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.
17 And it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been raised up;
Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
18 and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars,
And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
19 and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
20 And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above;
And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
21 and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
22 And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,
And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
23 and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
24 And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,
And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
25 and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
26 And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,
He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
27 and maketh perfume on it — spice-perfume — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,
And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
29 and the altar of the burnt-offering he hath set at the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and causeth the burnt-offering to go up upon it, and the present, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
30 And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and putteth water there for washing,
Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same;
And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
32 in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
33 And he raiseth up the court round about the tabernacle, and about the altar, and placeth the covering of the gate of the court; and Moses completeth the work.
And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
34 And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle;
the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
35 and Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle.
Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.
36 And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;
Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
37 and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:
But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
38 for the cloud of Jehovah [is] on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.
Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.
