CHAPTER 40
Then bring in
the table
and set out
its arrangement;
bring in
the lampstand as well,
and set up
its lamps.
Place
the gold
altar
of incense
in front
of the Ark
of the Testimony,
and hang
the curtain
at the entrance
to the tabernacle.
Place
the altar
of burnt offering
in front
of the entrance
to the tabernacle,
the Tent
of Meeting.
Take
the anointing
oil
and anoint
the tabernacle
and everything in it;
consecrate
it along with all
its furnishings,
and it shall be
holy.
Anoint
the altar
of burnt offering
and all
its utensils;
consecrate
the altar
and it shall be
most
holy.
And you are to clothe
Aaron
with the holy
garments,
anoint him,
and consecrate him,
so that he may serve Me as a priest.
Anoint
them
just as
you anointed
their father,
so that they may also serve Me as priest
Their anointing
will qualify
them for a perpetual
priesthood
throughout their generations.”
When Moses
set up
the tabernacle,
he laid
its bases,
positioned
its frames,
inserted
its crossbars,
and set up
its posts.
Then he spread
the tent
over
the tabernacle
and put
the covering
over the tent,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Moses took
the Testimony
and placed
it in
the ark,
attaching
the poles
to
the ark;
and he set
the mercy seat
atop
the ark.
Then he brought
the ark
into
the tabernacle,
put up
the veil
for the screen,
and shielded
off
the Ark
of the Testimony,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Moses placed
the table
in the Tent
of Meeting
on
the north
side
of the tabernacle,
outside
the veil.
He also placed
the lampstand
in the Tent
of Meeting
opposite
the table
on
the south
side
of the tabernacle
He placed
the altar
of burnt offering
near the entrance
to the tabernacle,
the Tent
of Meeting,
and offered
on it
the burnt offering
and the grain offering,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
They washed
whenever they entered
the Tent
of Meeting
or approached
the altar,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
Then Moses set up
the courtyard
around
the tabernacle
and the altar,
and he hung
the curtain
for the entrance
of the courtyard.
So Moses
finished
the work.
Moses
was unable
to enter
the Tent
of Meeting
because
the cloud
had settled
on it,
and the glory
of the LORD
filled
the tabernacle.
Whenever the cloud
was lifted
from
above the tabernacle,
the Israelites
would set out
through all
the stages of their journey.
For
the cloud
of the LORD
was over
the tabernacle
by day,
and fire
was
in the cloud
by night,
in the sight
of all
the house
of Israel
through all
their journeys.