Exodus 40

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Then Yahweh 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,

“On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

3 and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,

You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.

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.

You must bring in the table and set in order the things that belong on it. Then you must bring in the lampstand and set up the 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,

You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the testimony, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

6 and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

7 and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there.

You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.

8 'And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,

You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.

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;

You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be holy.

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;

You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me.

11 and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.

You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.

12 'And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;

You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash 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.

You are to clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as my priest.

14 'And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats,

You are to bring his sons and clothe 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 must anoint them as you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will make for them a permanent priesthood throughout their people's generations.”

16 And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.

This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.

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;

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

18 and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars,

Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.

19 and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.

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;

He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on it.

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.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.

22 And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,

He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.

23 and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.

24 And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,

He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

25 and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.

26 And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,

He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.

27 and maketh perfume on it — spice-perfume — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.

28 And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,

He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.

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.

He put the altar for the burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. He offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded him.

30 And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and putteth water there for washing,

He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put water in it for washing.

31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same;

Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin

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 go into the tent of meeting and whenever they would go up to the altar. They washed themselves, as Yahweh had commanded 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.

Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar. He set up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. In this way, Moses finished the work.

34 And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle;

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.

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.

Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and because Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.

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 was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey.

37 and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:

But if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted up.

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.

For Yahweh's cloud was over the tabernacle by day, and his fire was over it by night, in plain view of all the people of Israel throughout their journey.