Exodus Chapter 40

Exodus Chapter 40
1 Then the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 In the first day of the first month in the
very first of the same month shalt thou
set up the tabernacle, called the
tabernacle of the congregation: 3 And
thou shalt put therein the ark of the
testimony, and cover the ark with the
veil.
4 Also thou shalt bring in the table, and
set it in order as it doth require: thou
shalt also bring in the candlestick, and
light his lamps,
5 And thou shalt set the incense altar of
gold before the ark of the testimony, and
put the hanging at the door of the
tabernacle.
6 Moreover, thou shalt set the burnt
offering altar before the door of the
tabernacle, called the tabernacle of the
congregation.
7 And thou shalt set the laver between
the tabernacle of the congregation and
the altar, and put water therein.
8 Then thou shalt appoint the court round
about, and hang up the hanging at the
court gate.
9 After, thou shalt take the anointing oil,
and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is
therein, and hallow it with all the
instruments thereof, that it may be holy.
10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the
burnt offering, and all his instruments,
and shalt sanctify the altar, that it may be
an altar most holy. 11 Also thou shalt
anoint the laver, and his foot, and shalt
sanctify it. 12 Then 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 shalt anoint him, and
sanctify him, that he may minister unto
me in the priest’s office. 14 Thou shalt
also bring his sons, and clothe them with
garments, 15 And shalt anoint them as
thou didst anoint their father, that they
may minister unto me in the priest’s
office: for their anointing shall be a
sign, that the priesthood shall be
everlasting unto them throughout their
generations. 16 So Moses did according
to all that the Lord had commanded him:
so did he.
17 Thus was the tabernacle reared up the
first day of the first month in the second
year.
18 Then Moses reared up the tabernacle
and fastened his sockets, and set up the
boards thereof, and put in the bars of it,
and reared up his pillars. 19 And he
spread the covering over the tabernacle,
and put the covering of that covering on
high above it, as the Lord had
commanded Moses. 20 And he took and
put the testimony in the ark, and put the
bars in the rings of the ark, and set the
mercy seat on high upon the ark. 21 He
brought also the ark into the tabernacle,
and hanged up the covering veil, and
covered the ark of the testimony, as the
Lord had commanded Moses.
22 Furthermore he put the table in the
tabernacle of the congregation in the
north side of the tabernacle, without the
veil,
23 And set the bread in order before the
Lord, as the Lord had commanded
Moses.
24 Also he put the candlestick in the
tabernacle of the congregation, over
against the table toward the south side of
the tabernacle.
25 And he lighted the lamps before the
Lord, as the Lord had commanded
Moses.
26 Moreover he set the golden altar in
the tabernacle of the congregation before
the veil,
27 And burnt sweet incense thereon, as
the Lord had commanded Moses. 28
Also he hanged up the veil at the door of
the tabernacle.
29 After, he set the burnt offering altar
without the door of the tabernacle,
called the tabernacle of the
congregation, and offered the burnt
offering and the sacrifice thereon, as the
Lord had commanded Moses. 30
Likewise he set the laver between the
tabernacle of the congregation and the
altar, and poured water therein to wash
with.
31 So Moses and Aaron, and his sons
washed their hands and their feet thereat.
32 When they went into the tabernacle of
the congregation, and when they
approached to the altar, they washed, as
the Lord had commanded Moses. 33
Finally, he reared up the court round
about the tabernacle and the altar, and
hanged up the veil at the court gate: so
Moses finished the work. 34 Then the
cloud covered the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the glory of the Lord
filled the tabernacle.
35 So Moses could not enter into the
tabernacle of the congregation, because
the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of
the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Now
when the cloud ascended up from the
tabernacle, the children of Israel went
forward in all their journeys.
37 But if the cloud ascended not, then
they journeyed not till the day that it
ascended.
38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon
the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it
by night, in the sight of all the house of
Israel, throughout all their journeys.