‏ Exodus 40

The Tabernacle Erected

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2aOn the first day of the first month you shall set up the
Or dwelling place
tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
3 cYou shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil. 4Then you shall dbring in the table and earrange
Lit its arrangement
what belongs on it; and you shall gbring in the lampstand and
Or light
mount its lamps.
5You shall also iset the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle. 6And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7Then you shall jset the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water
Lit there
in it.
8You shall also set up the courtyard all around and
Lit put the screen
hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard.
9Then you shall take the anointing oil and manoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its
Or utensils
furnishings; and it shall be holy.
10You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and othe altar shall be most holy. 11And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12Then you shall pbring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13And qyou shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve as a priest to Me. 14You shall also bring his sons and put tunics on them; 15and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will
Lit be for them
qualify them for a spermanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
16So Moses did these things; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

17 Now tin the first month
Lit in
of the second year, on the first day of the month, the
Lit dwelling place
tabernacle was erected.
18Moses erected the tabernacle and
Lit put
laid its bases, and set up its boards, and
Lit put
inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.
19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent
Lit over it above
on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
20Then he took zthe testimony and put it into the ark, and
Lit set
attached the poles to the ark, and put the
Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
atoning cover
Lit over the ark above
on top of the ark.
21He then brought the ark into the tabernacle, and adset up a veil for the covering, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 22He also aeput the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. 23And he set the arrangement of afbread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. 25And he aglighted the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26Then he ahplaced the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil; 27and he aiburned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28Then he set up the curtain for the doorway of the tabernacle. 29And he ajset the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and akoffered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing. 31 alFrom it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. 32When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 33And he amerected the courtyard all around the
Or dwelling place
tabernacle and the altar, and
Lit put the screen
hung up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the Lord

34 apThen the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the aqglory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35And Moses arwas not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36Throughout their journeys, aswhenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; 37but atif the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. 38For throughout their journeys, authe cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
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