Exodus Chapter 40
1 The Lord spoke to Moses saying,
2 You shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation on the first day of the first month.
3 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall cover the ark with the veil.
4 You shall bring the table in, and set in order its arrangement. And you shall bring the lampstand in and light the lamps of it.
5 You shall set the altar of gold for the incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6 You shall set the altar of the burnt offering in front of the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
7 You shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water in it.
8 You shall set up the court all around, and place the screen at the Court Gate.
9 You shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all in it and sanctify it and all the vessels of it. It shall be holy.
10 You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar. It shall be a most holy altar.
11 You shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
12 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
13 You shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and sanctify him, so that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
14 You shall bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
15 You shall anoint them, even as you anointed their father, so that they may minister to me in the priest's office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood for their generations.
16 Moses did so. According to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.
17 In the first month in the second year, on the first of the month, the tabernacle was reared up.
18 Moses reared up the tabernacle and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.
19 He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
20 He took and placed the Testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat on the ark from above.
21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the Ark of Testimony, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 He put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.
23 He set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, even as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 He put the lampstand in the tent of the congregation across from the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 He set up the lamps before the Lord, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
26 He put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation in front of the veil.
27 He burned sweet incense on it, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
28 He set up the screen at the door of the tabernacle.
29 He put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered on it the burnt offering and the food offering, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 He set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, for washing.
31 Moses Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near the altar, they washed, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
33 He reared up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the Court Gate. And Moses finished the work.
34 The cloud covered the tabernacle of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of the congregation because the cloud stayed on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel traveled on in all their journeys.
37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.
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, in all their journeys.