Exodus 40
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
2 'On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
“Put up the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month of the year.
3 and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,
Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.
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.
Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up 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,
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen 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,
Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite 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.
Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8 'And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,
Set up the courtyard that's around it, and put up the curtain for 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;
Use the anointing oil to anoint the Tabernacle and everything in it. Dedicate it and all its furniture to make it 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;
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils. Dedicate the altar and it will be especially holy.
11 and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.
Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.
12 'And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;
Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them there 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.
Then you are to put on Aaron the holy clothes, anoint him, and dedicate him, so that he may serve me as a priest.
14 'And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats,
Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.
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.'
Anoint them in the same way as you anointed their father, so that they can also serve me as priests. Their anointing makes their line priests forever, for generations to come.”
16 And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.
Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.
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;
The Tabernacle was put up on the first day of the first month of 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,
When Moses put up the Tabernacle, he placed its stands, attached its frames, connected its crossbars, and erected its posts.
19 and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Then he spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering over the tent, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
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;
Moses took the Testimony and put it in the Ark. He attached the poles to the Ark, and he placed the atonement cover on the top of the Ark.
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.
Then he carried the Ark into the Tabernacle. He put up the veil, and made sure the Ark of the Testimony was behind it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
22 And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,
Moses placed the table inside the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
He laid out the bread on it in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
24 And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,
He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle
25 and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
and put up the lamps in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
26 And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,
Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
27 and maketh perfume on it — spice-perfume — as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
28 And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,
Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
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 set up the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and presented the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
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 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 used it to wash 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.
They washed whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
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, and he put up the curtain for the courtyard entrance. This marked the end of the work done by Moses.
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 the glory of the Lord 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 could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of the Lord 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 rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.
37 and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:
If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
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.
The cloud of the Lord stayed over the Tabernacle by day, and fire burned inside the cloud by night, so that it could be seen by every Israelite wherever they traveled.
