Exodus 40
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—
2 “In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;
3 and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, —and shalt screen the ark with the veil;
4 And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
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;
5 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,
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;
6 and before it, the altar of holocaust.
and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, —before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;
7 The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,
8 And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
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.
10 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, —and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:
11 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.
and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.
12 And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
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 clothe Aaron with the holy garments, —and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me.
His sons also, shalt thou bring near, —and shalt clothe them with tunics;
15 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.”
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.
16 And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.
And Moses did, —according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.
17 Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.
18 And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared its pillars.
19 and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
20 And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
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;
21 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.
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.
22 And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
And he placed the table in the tent of meeting, —on the side of the habitation northward, —outside the veil;
23 arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table, —on the side of the habitation southward;
25 setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, —before the veil;
27 and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;
29 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.
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.
30 Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar, —and put therein water for bathing;
31 And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;
32 whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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.
33 And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
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.
34 the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, —and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;
35 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.
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.
36 Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;
37 But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.
38 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.
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.
