Exodus 40
40
Moses Sets Up the Holy Tent
1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“Set up the holy tent, the tent of meeting. Set it up on the first day of the first month. 3Place in it the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Hide the ark with the curtain. 4Bring in the table for the holy bread. Arrange the loaves of bread on it. Then bring in the lampstand. Set up its lamps. 5Place the gold altar for burning incense in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent.
6“Place the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the holy tent, the tent of meeting. 7Place the large bowl between the tent of meeting and the altar. Put water in the bowl. 8Set up the courtyard around the holy tent. Put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
9“Get the anointing oil. Anoint the holy tent and everything in it. Set apart the holy tent and everything that belongs to it. Then it will be holy. 10Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. Set apart the altar. Then it will be a very holy place. 11Anoint the large bowl and its stand. Set them apart.
12“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Wash them with water. 13Dress Aaron in the sacred clothes. Anoint him and set him apart. Then he will be able to serve me as priest. 14Bring his sons and dress them in their inner robes. 15Anoint them just as you anointed their father. Then they will be able to serve me as priests. They will be anointed to do the work of priests. That work will last for all time to come.” 16Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
17So the holy tent was set up. It was the first day of the first month in the second year. 18Moses set up the holy tent. He put the bases in place. He put the frames in them. He put in the crossbars. He set up the posts. 19He spread the holy tent over the frames. Then he put the coverings over the tent. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
20He got the tablets of the covenant law. He placed them in the ark. He put the poles through its rings. And he put the cover on it. The cover was the place where sin is paid for. 21Moses brought the ark into the holy tent. He hung the curtain to hide the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
22Moses placed the table for the holy bread in the tent of meeting. It was on the north side of the holy tent outside the curtain. 23He arranged the loaves of bread on it in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
24Moses placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting. It stood across from the table on the south side of the holy tent. 25He set up the lamps in front of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
26Moses placed the gold altar for burning incense in the tent of meeting. He placed it in front of the curtain. 27He burned sweet-smelling incense on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
28Then Moses put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent. 29He set the altar for burnt offerings near the entrance to the holy tent, the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
30Moses placed the large bowl between the tent of meeting and the altar. He put water in the bowl for washing. 31Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. 32They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar. They did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33Then Moses set up the courtyard around the holy tent and altar. He put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses completed the work.
The Glory of the Lord
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent. 35Moses couldn’t enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent.
36The Israelites continued their travels. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the holy tent, they started out. 37But if the cloud didn’t lift, they did not start out. They stayed until the day it lifted. 38So the cloud of the Lord was above the holy tent during the day. Fire was in the cloud at night. All the Israelites could see the cloud during all their travels.
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Exodus 40
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 of 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.
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