Exodus 40

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²“In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

³and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.

⁴And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

⁵and 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,

⁶and before it, the altar of holocaust.

⁷The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

⁸And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

⁹And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

¹⁰The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

¹¹the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.

¹²And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

¹³you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”

¹⁴And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

¹⁵Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

¹⁶And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

¹⁷and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.

¹⁸And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.

¹⁹And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.

²⁰And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

²¹arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

²²And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

²³setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

²⁴He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,

²⁵and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁶And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

²⁷and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.

²⁸Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

²⁹And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,

³⁰whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

³¹And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,

³²the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

³³Neither 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.

³⁴Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

³⁵But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

³⁶Certainly, 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.

Exodus 40

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,

³And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:

⁴And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,

⁵And the altar of gold, whereon the incense is burnt before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,

⁶And before it the altar of holocaust.

⁷The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.

⁸And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.

⁹And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:

¹⁰The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:

¹¹The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.

¹²And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,

¹³Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.

¹⁴And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

¹⁵So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

¹⁶And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,

¹⁷And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.

¹⁸And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

¹⁹And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfil the commandment of the Lord.

²⁰And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, without the veil,

²¹Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²²He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table on the south side,

²³Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

²⁴He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, over against the veil,

²⁵And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁶And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,

²⁷And the altar of holocaust in the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.

²⁸And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

²⁹And Moses and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and feet,

³⁰When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³¹He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected,

³²The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

³³Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.

³⁴If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:

³⁵If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

³⁶For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.