{40:1} And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
{40:2} On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
{40:3} And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
{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.
{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.
{40:6} And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
{40:7} And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
{40:8} And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
{40:9} 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.
{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.
{40:11} And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
{40:12} And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
{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.
{40:14} And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
{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.
{40:16} Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
{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.
{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.
{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.
{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:
{40:21} 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.
{40:22} And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
{40:23} And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
{40:24} And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation,over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
{40:25} And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
{40:26} And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
{40:27} And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
{40:28} And he set up the hanging [at] the door of the tabernacle.
{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.
{40:30} And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal. ] {40:31} And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
{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.
{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.
{40:34} Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
{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.
{40:36} And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
{40:37} But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
{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.