EXODUS 40

1. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, 2. On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear up the Habitation of the Tent of meeting. 3. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the Testimony, and thou shalt cover the veil over the ark. 4. And thou shalt bring in the table, and shalt set in order the ordering thereof; and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and shalt make the lamps thereof to go up. 5. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for incense before the ark of the Testimony, and shalt put the covering of the door to the Habitation. 6. And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the Habitation of the Tent of meeting. 7. And thou shalt set the laver between the Tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put waters therein. 8. And thou shalt set the court round about, and shalt set, the covering of the gate of the court. 9. And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the Habitation, and all that is therein, and thou shalt sanctify it, and all the vessels thereof; and it shall be holy. 10. And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and shalt sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be a holy of holies. 11. And thou shall anoint the laver and its base, and shalt sanctify it. 12. And thou shalt make Aaron and his sons to come near unto the door of the Tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with waters. 13. And thou shall clothe Aaron with the garments of holiness, and thou shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to Me in the priest's office. 14. And thou shalt make his sons to come near, and shalt clothe them with tunics. 15. And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to Me in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them for the priesthood of an age in their generations. 16. And Moses did according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he. 17. And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Habitation was reared up. 18. And Moses reared up the Habitation, and set its bases, and placed the planks thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. 19. And be spread the Tent over the Habitation, and put the covering of the Tent upon it above; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 20. And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and placed the staves upon the ark, and put the propitiatory upon the ark above. 21. And he brought the ark into the Habitation, and set the veil of the covering, and covered over the ark of the Testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 22. And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, upon the leg of the Habitation northward, without the veil. 23. And he set in order upon it the ordering of the bread before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 24. And he put the lampstand in the Tent of meeting, hard by the table, on the leg of the Habitation toward the south. 25. And he made the lamps go up before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 26. And he put the altar of gold in the Tent of meeting before the veil;

27. And he burnt thereon incense of spices; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 28. And he put the covering of the door to the Habitation. 29. And he placed the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the Habitation of the Tent of meeting, and he made to go up upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 30. And he placed the laver between the Tent of meeting and the alter, and put waters therein, to wash. 31. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed out of it their hands and their feet. 32. When they entered into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 33. And he reared up the court round about the Habitation, and the altar, and set the covering of the gate of the court. And Moses finished the work. 34. And the cloud covered the Tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation. 35. And Moses could not enter into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud tarried upon it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation. 36. And when the cloud went up from over the Habitation, the sons of Israel journeyed in all their journeyings. 37. And if the cloud went not up, then they journeyed not till the day that it went up. 38. Because the cloud of Jehovah was upon the Habitation by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the eyes of all the house of Israel, in all their journeyings.