Exodus 40
40
The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged
1Then the Lord #Ex. 25:1—31:18spoke to Moses, saying: 2“On the first day of the #Ex. 12:2; 13:4first month you shall set up #Ex. 26:1, 30; 40:17the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3#Ex. 26:33; 40:21; Lev. 16:2; Num. 4:5You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil. 4#Ex. 26:35; 40:22You shall bring in the table and #Ex. 25:30; 40:23arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; #Ex. 40:24, 25and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps. 5#Ex. 40:26You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6Then you shall set the #Ex. 39:39altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7And #Ex. 30:18; 40:30you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
9“And you shall take the anointing oil, and #Ex. 30:26; Lev. 8:10anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 10You shall #Ex. 30:26–30anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. #Ex. 29:36, 37The altar shall be most holy. 11And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
12#Ex. 29:4–9; Lev. 8:1–13“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. 13You shall put the holy #Ex. 29:5; 39:1, 41garments on Aaron, #(Ex. 28:41); Lev. 8:12and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. 14And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 15You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be #Ex. 29:9; Num. 25:13an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
16Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.
17And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the #Ex. 40:2; Num. 7:1tabernacle was raised up. 18So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. 19And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20He took #Ex. 25:16; Deut. 10:5; 1 Kin. 8:9; 2 Chr. 5:10; Heb. 9:4the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, #Ex. 26:33hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22#Ex. 26:35He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil; 23#Ex. 40:4; Lev. 24:5, 6and he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24#Ex. 26:35He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle; 25and #Ex. 25:37; 30:7, 8; 40:4; Lev. 24:3, 4he lit the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26#Ex. 30:1, 6; 40:5He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil; 27#Ex. 30:7and he burned sweet incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28#Ex. 26:36; 40:5He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle. 29#Ex. 40:6And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and #Ex. 29:38–42offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30#Ex. 30:18; 40:7He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; 31and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would #Ex. 30:19, 20; John 13:8wash their hands and their feet with water from it. 32Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, #Ex. 30:19as the Lord had commanded Moses. 33#Ex. 27:9–18; 40:8And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses #(Heb. 3:2–5)finished the work.
The Cloud and the Glory
34#Ex. 29:43; Lev. 16:2; Num. 9:15; 2 Chr. 5:13; Is. 6:4Then the #1 Kin. 8:10, 11cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the #Lev. 9:6, 23glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35And Moses #(Lev. 16:2); 1 Kin. 8:11; 2 Chr. 5:13, 14was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36#Ex. 13:21, 22; Num. 9:17; Neh. 9:19Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. 37But #Num. 9:19–22if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. 38For #Ex. 13:21; Num. 9:15; Ps. 78:14; Is. 4:5the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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Exodus 40
40
Instructions for Setting Up the Tent
1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“Set up the tent (the tent of meeting) on the first day of the first month of the year. 3Place the ark containing the words of my promise inside it, and hang the canopy over the ark. 4Bring in the table, and arrange everything on it. Bring in the lamp stand, and set up the lamps. 5Put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark. Put up the screen at the entrance to the tent.
6“Put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7Put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8Set up the surrounding courtyard, and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. 9Take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent and everything in it. In this way you will dedicate it and all its furnishings. Then it will be holy. 10Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all the utensils. In this way you will dedicate the altar, and it will be most holy. 11Anoint the basin and stand, and they will be dedicated.
12“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them. 13Then dress Aaron in the holy clothes, and anoint him. In this way you will dedicate him to serve me as priest. 14Have his sons come forward, and dress them in their linen robes. 15Anoint them to serve me as priests, as you anointed their father. Their anointing will begin a permanent priesthood for them for generations to come.”
Moses Sets Up the Tent
16Moses did everything as the Lord commanded him. 17So the tent was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year ⌞after the Israelites had left Egypt⌟. 18When Moses set up the tent, he put the sockets in place, put up the frames, inserted the crossbars, and set up the posts. 19He spread the outer tent over the inner tent and put the cover on top. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
20He took the words of God’s promise and put them in the ark. He put the poles on the ark and placed the throne of mercy on top of the ark. 21Then he brought the ark into the tent and hung the canopy over it to mark off where the ark was. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
22Moses put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tent outside the canopy. 23He arranged the bread on the table in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions. 24He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent. 25He set up the lamps in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions.
26Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy. 27He burned sweet-smelling incense on it, following the Lord’s instructions. 28Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the tent.
29He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tent (the tent of meeting). He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
30He put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. 31Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet. 32They would wash whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
33He set up the courtyard around the tent and the altar and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. Finally, Moses finished the work.
The LORD Comes to the Tent
34Then the ⌞column of⌟ smoke covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tent. 35Moses couldn’t go into the tent of meeting, because the smoke settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tent.
36In all their travels, whenever the ⌞column of⌟ smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp. 37But if the column didn’t move, they wouldn’t break camp. 38So the Lord’s column stayed over the tent during the day, and there was fire in the smoke at night. In this way all the Israelites could see the column throughout their travels.
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