Exodus 40

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;

On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.

3 and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, —and shalt screen the ark with the veil;

And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

4 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;

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.

5 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;

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.

6 and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, —before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;

And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.

7 and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,

And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

8 And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

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

9 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.

And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, —and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:

And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.

11 and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.

And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.

12 And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, —and shalt bathe them in the water;

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

13 and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments, —and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me.

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.

14 His sons also, shalt thou bring near, —and shalt clothe them with tunics;

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

15 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.

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.

16 And Moses did, —according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.

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

17 Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.

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

18 Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared its pillars.

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;

19 Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

20 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;

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

21 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.

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

22 And he placed the table in the tent of meeting, —on the side of the habitation northward, —outside the veil;

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

23 and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

24 And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table, —on the side of the habitation southward;

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

25 and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

26 And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, —before the veil;

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

27 and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

28 And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;

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

29 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.

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.

30 And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar, —and put therein water for bathing;

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

31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;

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

32 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.

Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

33 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.

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.

34 Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, —and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;

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

35 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.

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.

36 And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;

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

37 but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.

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

38 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.

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.