Exodus 40
1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—
The Lord told Moses,
2 On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, 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 thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, —and shalt screen the ark with the veil;
Place the Ark of the Testimony inside it. Make sure the Ark is behind the veil.
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;
Bring in the table and put on it what's necessary. Bring in the lampstand too, and set up its lamps.
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;
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 thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, —before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;
Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
7 and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,
Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8 And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen 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 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.
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 shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, —and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils. Dedicate the altar and it will be especially holy.
11 and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, —and shalt hallow it.
Anoint and dedicate the basin with its stand.
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;
Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them there 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.
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 His sons also, shalt thou bring near, —and shalt clothe them with tunics;
Have his sons come forward and dress them with tunics.
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.
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 did, —according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.
Moses carried out all the Lord's instructions.
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.
The Tabernacle was put up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
18 Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, —and reared its pillars.
When Moses put up the Tabernacle, he placed its stands, attached its frames, connected its crossbars, and erected its posts.
19 Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, —As Yahweh 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 took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark, —and placed the propitiatory upon 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 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.
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 placed the table in the tent of meeting, —on the side of the habitation northward, —outside the veil;
Moses placed the table inside the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, —As Yahweh 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 put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table, —on the side of the habitation southward;
He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle
25 and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
and put up the lamps in the presence of the Lord, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
26 And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, —before the veil;
Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
27 and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.
and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.
28 And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;
Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
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.
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 put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar, —and put therein water for bathing;
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 thenceforth bathed thereat, —their hands and their feet;
Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet
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.
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 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.
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 Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, —and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
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.
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 whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;
Whenever the cloud rose from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set off again on their journey.
37 but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.
If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
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.
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.
