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¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying - ² On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;³ and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony, - and shalt screen the ark with the veil;⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon, - and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof;⁵ and thou shalt place the altar of gold for incense, before the ark of the testimony, - and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation;⁶ and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, - before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;⁷ and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,⁸ And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen 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 shalt hallow it. and all the furniture thereof so shall it be holy.¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, - and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:¹¹ and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, - and shalt hallow it.¹² And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the teat of meeting, - and shalt bathe them in the water;¹³ and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments, - and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me.¹⁴ His sons also, shalt thou bring near, - and shalt clothe them with tunics;¹⁵ and shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me, - so shall their anointing remain to them for an age-abiding priesthood, to their generations.

¹⁶ And Moses did, - according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.¹⁷ Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.¹⁸ Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars, - and reared its pillar¹⁹ Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.²⁰ And he took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark, - and placed the propitiatory upon the ark, above;²¹ and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.²² And he placed the table in the tent of meeting, - on the side of the habitation northward, - outside the veil;²³ and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.²⁴ And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table, - on the side of the habitation southward;²⁵ and mounted the lamps before Yahweh, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.²⁶ And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, - before the veil;²⁷ and burned thereupon the fragrant incense, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.²⁸ And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;²⁹ and, the altar of ascending-sacrifice, put he at the entrance of the habitation of the tent of meeting, - and he caused to ascend thereupon the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering, - As Yahweh commanded Moses. ³⁰ And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar, - and put therein water for bathing;³¹ and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat, - their hands and their feet;³² when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.³³ And he reared the court round about to the habitation and to the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court, - and Moses finished the work.

³⁴ Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting, - and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;³⁵ and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon, - and the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation.³⁶ And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;³⁷ but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward - until the day when it did ascend.³⁸ For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation by day, and, a fire, came to be by night therein, - in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeyings.