Exodus 40:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Exodus 40:2

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:3

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

Exodus 40:4

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.

Exodus 40:5

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.

Exodus 40:6

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:7

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



Exodus 40:8

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

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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.

Exodus 40:10

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.

Exodus 40:11

And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

Exodus 40:12

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

Exodus 40:13

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.

Exodus 40:14

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:



Exodus 40:15

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.

Exodus 40:16

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

Exodus 40:17

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.

Exodus 40:18

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.

Exodus 40:19

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

Exodus 40:20

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:

Exodus 40:21

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



Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

Exodus 40:23

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

Exodus 40:24

And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Exodus 40:25

And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:26

And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:

Exodus 40:27

And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:28

And he set up the hanging [at] the door of the tabernacle.



Exodus 40:29

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.

Exodus 40:30

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].

Exodus 40:31

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

Exodus 40:32

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:33

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.

Exodus 40:34

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:35

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.



Exodus 40:36

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

Exodus 40:37

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Exodus 40:38

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.


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