EX-40:1  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

EX-40:2  On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up

the

tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. EX-40:3  And thou

shalt

put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the

ark with the veil.

EX-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.

EX-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.

EX-40:6  And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering

before

the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

EX-40:7  And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the

congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

EX-40:8  And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up

the hanging at the court gate.

EX-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.

EX-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.

EX-40:11  And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and

sanctify

it.

EX-40:12  And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door

of

the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

EX-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.

EX-40:14  And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with

coats:

EX-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.

EX-40:16  Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD

commanded

him, so did he. EX-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.

EX-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.

EX-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.

EX-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:

EX-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.

EX-40:22  And he put the table in the tent of the congregation,

upon

the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

EX-40:23  And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD;

as

the LORD had commanded Moses.

EX-40:24  And he put the candlestick in the tent of the

congregation, over against the table, on the side of the

tabernacle

southward.

EX-40:25  And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD

commanded Moses.

EX-40:26  And he put the golden altar in the tent of the

congregation before the veil:

EX-40:27  And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD

commanded

Moses.

EX-40:28  And he set up the hanging [at] the door of the

tabernacle.

EX-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.

EX-40:30  And he set the laver between the tent of the

congregation

and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].

EX-40:31  And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and

their feet thereat:

EX-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.

EX-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.

EX-40:34  Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and

the

glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

EX-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.

EX-40:36  And when the cloud was taken up from over the

tabernacle,

the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

EX-40:37  But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed

not till the day that it was taken up.

EX-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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