1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 On
the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent
of the congregation.
3 And
thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the
vail.
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.
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.
6 And
thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
7 And
thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,
and shalt put water therein.
8 And
thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court
gate.
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.
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.
11 And
thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
12 And
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 anoint him, and sanctify him;
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
14 And
thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
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.
16 Thus
did Moses: according to all that the LORD 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
tabernacle was reared up.
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.
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.
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:
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.
22 And
he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the
tabernacle northward, without the vail.
23 And
he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded
Moses.
24 And
he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table,
on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 And
he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
26 And
he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
27 And
he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
28 And
he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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.
30 And
he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put
water there, to wash withal.
31 And
Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
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.
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.
34 Then
a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled
the tabernacle.
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.
36 And
when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel
went onward in all their journeys:
37 But
if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it
was taken up.
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.
