Exodus:40

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* Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying : * "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony , and partition off the ark with the veil . * You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it ; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps . * You 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 . * Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . * And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water in it . * You shall set up the court all around , and hang up the screen at the court gate . * "And you shall take the anointing oil , and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it ; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils , and it shall be holy . * You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils , and consecrate the altar . The altar shall be most holy . * And you shall anoint the laver and its base , and consecrate it . * "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water . * You shall put the holy garments on Aaron , and anoint him and consecrate him , that he may minister to Me as priest . * And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics . * You shall anoint them , as you anointed their father , that they may minister to Me as priests ; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations ." * Thus Moses did ; according to all that the LORD had commanded him , so he did . * And it came to pass in the first month of the second year , on the first day of the month , that the tabernacle was raised up . * So Moses raised up the tabernacle , fastened its sockets , set up its boards , put in its bars , and raised up its pillars . * And 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 . * He took the 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 . * And he brought the ark into the tabernacle , hung up the veil of the covering , and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting , on the north side of the tabernacle , outside the veil ; * and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting , across from the table , on the south side of the tabernacle ; * and he lit the lamps before the LORD , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil ; * and he burned sweet incense on it , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle . * And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting , and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar , and put water there for washing ; * and Moses , Aaron , and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it . * Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting , and when they came near the altar , they washed , as the LORD had commanded Moses . * And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar , and hung up the screen of the court gate . So Moses finished the work . * Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting , because the cloud rested above it , and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle . * Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle , the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys . * But if the cloud was not taken up , then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up . * For the 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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