Exodus 40

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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

3 And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

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

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, 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 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging 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 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

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

8 And thou shalt set up the court all around, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

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

9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its vessels: and it shall 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 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its foot, 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 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and 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 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be 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 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

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

18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared 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 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon 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 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staffs on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

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

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; 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 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

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

23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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

24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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

25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:

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

27 And he burnt sweet incense on it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

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

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat 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 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with.

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

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it:

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

32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, 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 And he reared up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. 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 a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode on it, and the glory of the LORD 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 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in 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 journeyed not till 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 upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it 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.