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¹ 040² On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness, ³ and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil, ⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it. ⁵ And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁶ And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about. ⁹ And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and shalt anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shalt sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. ¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water. ¹³ And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest. ¹⁴ And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them. ¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

¹⁶ And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he. ¹⁷ And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up. ¹⁸ And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts. ¹⁹ And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses. ²⁰ And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark. ²¹ And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. ²² And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle. ²³ And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. ²⁴ And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. ²⁵ And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁶ And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil; ²⁷ and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses. ²⁹ And he put the altar of the burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle. ³³ And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.

³⁴ And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord. ³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord. ³⁶ And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage. ³⁷ And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up. ³⁸ For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings.