Exodus 40

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Setting Up the Tabernacle

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

²“On the first day of the month, in the first month, you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

³Put the ark of the Testimony^a in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

³And you shall put there the ark of the Testimony, and you shall cover over the ark with the veil.

⁴Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

⁴And you shall bring in the table, and you shall arrange its arrangement, and you shall bring in the lampstand, and you shall set up its lamps.

⁵Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

⁵And you shall set the gold altar for incense before the face of the ark of the Testimony, and you shall put up the screen of the door for the tabernacle.

⁶Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

⁶And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the face of the door of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

⁷And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

⁷And you shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and you shall set water there.

⁸Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

⁸And you shall put up the court all around, and you shall set up the screen of the gate of the court.

⁹Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

⁹And you shall take the anointing oil, and you shall anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and you shall sanctify it and all its vessels, and it shall be holy.

¹⁰Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.

¹⁰And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels, and you shall sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be holy of holies.

¹¹Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.

¹¹And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and you shall sanctify it.

¹²Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

¹²And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall wash them with the water.

¹³And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.

¹³And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister as priest to Me.

¹⁴Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.

¹⁴And you shall bring his sons, and you shall clothe them with tunics.

¹⁵Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁵And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, and they shall minister as priests to Me. And their anointing shall surely be to them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁶Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

¹⁶And Moses did according to all that YHWH had commanded him; so he did.

¹⁷So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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

¹⁸When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

¹⁸And Moses raised up the tabernacle, and he set its bases, and he put its boards, and he set its bars, and he raised up its pillars.

¹⁹Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

¹⁹And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle, and he put the covering of the tent on it from above, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²⁰Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

²⁰And he took and he set the Testimony into the ark, and he put the poles on the ark, and he set the mercy seat on the ark from above.

²¹Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²¹And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and he put up the veil of the screen, and he covered over the ark of the Testimony, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²²Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

²²And he set the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

²³He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²³And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before the face of YHWH, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²⁴He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

²⁴And he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

²⁵and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²⁵And he lit the lamps before the face of YHWH, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²⁶Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

²⁶And he put the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting before the face of the veil.

²⁷and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²⁷And he burned on it incense of spices, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²⁸Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

²⁸And he put up the screen of the door for the tabernacle.

²⁹He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

²⁹And he put the altar of the burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and he offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

³⁰He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;

³⁰And he put the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and he set water in it for washing.

³¹and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.

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

³²They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³²Whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

³³And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

³³And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he set up the screen of the gate of the court. And Moses finished the work.

The Cloud and the Glory

³⁴Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

³⁴And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of YHWH filled the tabernacle.

³⁵Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

³⁵And Moses was not able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud dwelt on it, and the glory of YHWH filled the tabernacle.

³⁶Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.

³⁶And whenever the cloud was taken up from on the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out in all their journeys;

³⁷If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

³⁷and if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up.

³⁸For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

³⁸For the cloud of YHWH was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.