Exodus 40
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—
2 The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up 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 shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:
and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, —and shalt screen the ark with the veil;
4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick 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 whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry 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 laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt 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 thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.
And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, 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 laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.
and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door 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 Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to 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 commanded.
And Moses did, —according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.
17 So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.
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 reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,
Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared its pillars.
19 And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.
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 put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, 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 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 set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,
And he placed the table in the tent of meeting, —on the side of the habitation northward, —outside the veil;
23 Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against 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 Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,
And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, —before the veil;
27 And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 And he put also the hanging in the entry 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 of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.
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 And he set the laver 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, and his sons washed their hands and feet,
and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;
32 When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded 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 He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all 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 go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.
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 If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:
And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;
37 If it hung over, 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 For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.
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.
