Exodus 40

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

3 You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.

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

And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

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

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,

6 “You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7 You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.

The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

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

And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

9 “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.

And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

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

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.

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

And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

13 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 You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.

15 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.”

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.”

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

And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.

Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

18 Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.

And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.

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

And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.

21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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.

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

And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

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

arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

24 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

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

setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

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

He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,

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

and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

29 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.

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.

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

Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

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

And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,

32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

33 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.

And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,

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

the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

35 Moses was not able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.

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.

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

Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

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

But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

38 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.

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.