Exodus 40
Open in the reader1Then He-Who-Is said to Drawn-Out,
2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.
3Put the Chest of the Testimony in it and screen off the Chest with the veil.
4Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Chest of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the Dwelling.
6Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.
7And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
9Take the anointing oil and anoint the Dwelling and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be devoted.
10Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most devoted.
11Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
12Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
13And you are to clothe Aaron with the devoted garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
14Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.
15Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
16Drawn-Out did everything just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
17So the Dwelling was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
18When Drawn-Out set up the Dwelling, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
19Then he spread the tent over the Dwelling and put the covering over the tent, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
20Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the Chest, attaching the poles to the Chest; and he set the mercy seat atop the Chest.
21Then he brought the Chest into the Dwelling, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the Chest of the Testimony, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
22Drawn-Out placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the Dwelling, outside the veil.
23He arranged the bread on it before He-Who-Is, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
24He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Dwelling
25and set up the lamps before He-Who-Is, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
26Drawn-Out placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
27and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
28Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the Dwelling.
29He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as He-Who-Is had commanded him.
30He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
31and from it Drawn-Out, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.
32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as He-Who-Is had commanded Drawn-Out.
33And Drawn-Out set up the courtyard around the Dwelling and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Drawn-Out finished the work.
34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of He-Who-Is filled the Dwelling.
35Drawn-Out was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of He-Who-Is filled the Dwelling.
36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Dwelling, the children of Strives-with-God would set out through all the stages of their journey.
37If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
38For the cloud of He-Who-Is was over the Dwelling by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Strives-with-God through all their journeys.