[[Exodus 39|<< Exodus 39]] | [[Exodus|Exodus]] | [[Leviticus 1|Leviticus 1 >>]] ### Exodus 40 1 AND the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, ^1 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. ^2 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. ^3 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. ^4 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. ^5 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. ^6 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. ^7 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. ^8 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. ^9 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. ^10 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. ^11 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. ^12 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. ^13 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: ^14 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. ^15 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. ^16 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. ^17 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. ^18 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. ^19 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: ^20 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. ^21 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. ^22 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. ^23 24 ¶ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. ^24 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. ^25 26 ¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: ^26 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. ^27 28 ¶ And he set up the hanging _at_ the door of the tabernacle. ^28 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. ^29 30 ¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash _withal_. ^30 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: ^31 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. ^32 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. ^33 34 ¶ Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. ^34 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. ^35 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: ^36 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. ^37 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. ^38