Exodus 40

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House 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 inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall veil the ark with the curtain.

4 And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.

You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps.

5 And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House 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 let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

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

8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

9 And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it 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 put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to 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 put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.

You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.

12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.

13 You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.

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 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;

You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.

15 And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.

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 this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.

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

17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.

It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.

18 Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;

And Moses erected the tabernacle, and put its sockets in place, and set up its hooks and its boards, and put in its bars, and he erected its pillars.

19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

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 the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the curtain as the screen, and concealed the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.

22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.

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

23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.

He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:

He put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.

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

26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

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

27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

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

28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.

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

29 And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

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 between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.

He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, with which to wash.

31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,

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

32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to 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 put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.

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 the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

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

35 So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

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 whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

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

37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they did not travel until the day that it was taken up.

38 For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

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.