Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
" aOn the first day
of the first
month
you shall set
up the 1tabernacle
of the tent
of meeting
.
" aYou shall place the ark
of the testimony
there
, and you shall screen
the ark
with the veil
.
"You shall abring in the table
and 1 barrange
what
belongs
on it; and you shall cbring
in the lampstand
and 2mount
its lamps
.
"Moreover, you shall aset the gold
altar
of incense
before
the ark
of the testimony
, and set
up the veil
for the doorway
to the tabernacle
.
"You shall set the altar
of burnt
offering
in front
of the doorway
of the tabernacle
of the tent
of meeting
.
"You shall aset the laver
between
the tent
of meeting
and the altar
and put
water
1in it.
"You shall set up the court
all
around
and 1hang
up the veil
for the gateway
of the court
.
"Then you shall take the anointing
oil
and aanoint
the tabernacle
and all
that is in it, and shall consecrate
it and all
its 1furnishings
; and it shall be holy
.
"You shall anoint the altar
of burnt
offering
and all
its utensils
, and consecrate
the altar
, and athe altar
shall be most
holy
.
"You shall anoint the laver
and its stand
, and consecrate
it.
"Then you shall abring Aaron
and his sons
to the doorway
of the tent
of meeting
and wash
them with water
.
" aYou shall put the holy
garments
on Aaron
and anoint
him and consecrate
him, that he may minister
as a priest
to Me.
"You shall bring his sons
and put
tunics
on them;
and you shall anoint them even
as you have anointed
their father
, that they may minister
as priests
to Me; and their anointing
will 1qualify
them for a aperpetual
priesthood
throughout their generations
."
Thus Moses did
; according to all
that the LORD
had commanded
him, so
he did
.
Now ain the first month
1of the second
year
, on the first
day of the month
, the 2tabernacle
was erected
.
Moses erected
the tabernacle
and 1laid
its 2sockets
, and set
up its boards
, and 1inserted
its bars
and erected
its pillars
.
He spread the tent
over
the tabernacle
and put
the covering
of the tent
1on top
of it, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then he took athe testimony
and put
it into the ark
, and 1attached
the poles
to the ark
, and put
the 2mercy
seat
3on top
of the ark
.
He brought the ark
into the tabernacle
, and aset
up a veil
for the screen
, and screened
off
the ark
of the testimony
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then he aput the table
in the tent
of meeting
on the north
side
of the tabernacle
, outside
the veil
.
He set the arrangement
of abread
in order
on it before
the LORD
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then he placed the lampstand
in the tent
of meeting
, opposite
the table
, on the south
side
of the tabernacle
.
He alighted the lamps
before
the LORD
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then he aplaced the gold
altar
in the tent
of meeting
in front
of the veil
;
and he aburned fragrant
incense
on it, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then he set up the 1veil
for the doorway
of the tabernacle
.
He aset the altar
of burnt
offering
before the doorway
of the tabernacle
of the tent
of meeting
, and boffered
on it the burnt
offering
and the meal
offering
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
He placed the laver
between
the tent
of meeting
and the altar
and put
water
in it for washing
.
aFrom it Moses and Aaron
and his sons
washed
their hands
and their feet
.
When they entered the tent
of meeting
, and when they approached
the altar
, they washed
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
He aerected the court
all
around
the 1tabernacle
and the altar
, and 2hung
up the veil
for the gateway
of the court
. Thus Moses
finished
the work
.
aThen the cloud covered
the tent
of meeting
, and the bglory
of the LORD
filled
the tabernacle
.
Moses awas not able
to enter
the tent
of meeting
because
the cloud
had settled
on it, and the glory
of the LORD
filled
the tabernacle
.
Throughout all their journeys
awhenever the cloud
was taken
up from over
the tabernacle
, the sons
of Israel
would set
out;
but aif the cloud
was not taken
up, then they did not set
out until
the day
when it was taken
up.
For throughout all their journeys
, athe 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
.