“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the
first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and
cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and
set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou
shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou
shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the
testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou
shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the
laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put
water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang
up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing
oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that [is] therein, and shalt
hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. 10 And
thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels,
and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou
shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt
bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron
the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may
minister unto me in the priest’s office. 14 And thou shalt bring his
sons, and clothe them with coats: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou
didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the
priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting
priesthood throughout their generations.”
“16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so
did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on
the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up. 18
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up
the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his
pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put
the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 20
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on
the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 21 And he brought
the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and
covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 And he
put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the
tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 And he put
the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table,
on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps
before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 26 And he put the golden
altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: 27 And he burnt
sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. 28 And he set up the
hanging [at] the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of
burnt offering [by] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat
offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver between
the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash
[withal]. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and
their feet thereat: 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation,
and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD
commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the
tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So
Moses finished the work.”
“34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter
into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and
the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was
taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in
all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they
journeyed not till 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, throughout all their journeys.”
(Ex 40:1-38 AV)
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