1 T he Lord said to Moses,

¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 “ Set up the holy tent, the meeting tent, on the first day of the first month.

In the day of the first month, the first of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony.

3 P ut the special box of the Law there. And hang the curtain in front of it.

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the veil.

4 B ring in the table and set its objects on it. Bring in the lamp-stand and light its lamps.

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 lampstand and light its lamps.

5 S et the gold altar of special perfume in front of the box of the Law. Hang the curtain for the door of the meeting tent.

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.

6 S et the altar of burnt gifts in front of the door of the holy tent, the meeting tent.

Then thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony.

7 S et the washing pot between the meeting tent and the altar and put water in it.

And thou shalt set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar and shalt put water therein.

8 H ang the curtains all around the open space and hang the curtain at the gate of the open space.

Last, thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

9 T hen take the oil and pour it upon the meeting tent and all that is in it. Set it apart with all its objects, and it will be holy.

And thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shalt sanctify it with all its vessels, and it shall be holy.

10 P our the oil upon the altar of burnt gifts and all its objects. Set the altar apart, and it will be most holy.

And thou shalt also anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels and sanctify the altar, and it shall be an altar most holy.

11 P our the oil upon the washing pot and its stand, to set it apart.

In the same manner thou shalt anoint the laver and its base and sanctify it.

12 “ Then bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the meeting tent. And wash them with water.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water.

13 P ut the holy clothing on Aaron. Then pour oil upon him and set him apart to work for Me as a religious leader.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may be my priest.

14 B ring his sons and put long coats on them.

And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats.

15 T hen pour oil upon them as you have done to their father, so they may serve Me as religious leaders. Pouring oil upon them will make them ready to be religious leaders, they and all their children-to-come.”

And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be my priests; and it shall be that their anointing shall be unto them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.

16 M oses did all that the Lord told him to do.

¶ Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

17 O n the first day of the first month of the second year, the meeting tent was set up.

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year on the first day of the month that the tabernacle was raised up.

18 M oses set up the meeting tent, laid the bases, set up its pieces of wood, put in its cross-pieces and set up its pillars.

And Moses caused the tabernacle to be raised up and fastened its sockets and set up its boards and put in its bars and caused its pillars to be raised up.

19 H e spread the covering over the meeting tent. And he put the top covering over it, just as the Lord had told Moses.

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

20 T hen he took the Law and put it into the special box. He put the long pieces of wood on the special box of the agreement. And he put the mercy-seat on top of the special box.

And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the seat of reconciliation upon the ark above,

21 H e brought the special box into the meeting tent and hung the curtain. He put the curtain in front of the special box of the agreement, just as the Lord had told Moses.

and he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the curtain and covered the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses.

22 T hen he put the table in the meeting tent, on the north side of the tent, outside the curtain.

And he put the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, upon the side of the Aquilon of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

23 H e set the bread in its place on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord had told Moses.

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

24 T hen he put the lamp-stand in the meeting tent, away from the table, on the south side of the tent.

And he put the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table, on the side of the Negev of the tabernacle.

25 H e set up the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had told Moses.

And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

26 H e put the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the curtain.

He also put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony before the veil.

27 A nd he burned sweet-smelling perfume on it, just as the Lord had told Moses.

And he burnt aromatic incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

28 T hen he hung the curtain at the door of the meeting tent.

In the same manner he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29 H e set the altar of burnt gifts in front of the door of the meeting tent. And he gave the burnt gift and the grain gift on it, just as the Lord had told Moses.

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle, of the tabernacle of the testimony, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the present, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

30 H e put the washing pot between the tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it for washing.

And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar and put water in it, to wash with.

31 M oses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet there.

And Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet in it.

32 T hey washed when they came into the tent of meeting and when they came near the altar, just as the Lord had told Moses.

When they would enter into the tabernacle of the testimony and when they would come near unto the altar, they washed themselves, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

33 H e made the open space all around the meeting tent and the altar. And he hung the curtain for the gate of the open space. So Moses finished the work. The Cloud over the Meeting Tent

Last he raised up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging of the court gate. Thus Moses finished the work.

34 T hen the cloud covered the meeting tent. The shining-greatness of the Lord filled the holy tent.

¶ Then a cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 M oses was not able to go into the meeting tent because the cloud had rested upon it and the shining-greatness of the Lord filled the holy tent.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of the testimony because the cloud was upon it, and the glory of the LORD had it full.

36 W hen the cloud was lifted from the meeting tent, the people of Israel would go on their way through all their traveling days.

And when the cloud lifted itself up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward in all their journeys;

37 B ut when the cloud was not lifted, they did not move on until the day when it was lifted.

but if the cloud did not lift itself up, then they did not journey until the day that it lifted itself up.

38 F or the cloud of the Lord rested on the meeting tent during the day. And fire was in the cloud during the night. It was seen by all the people of Israel as they traveled.

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and the fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.