Exodus 40

¹ And JehovahJehovah speakethspeaketh unto MosesMoses, saying,

² `On the firstthe first day ofday of the monthmonth, in the firstthe first monthmonth, thou dost raise up the tabernacletabernacle of the tenttent of meeting,

³ and hast set there the arkark of the testimony, and hast covered over the arkark with the vail,

⁴ and hast brought in the tabletable, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestickcandlestick, and caused its lampslamps to go upgo up.

⁵ `And thou hast putput the golden altargolden altar for perfume beforebefore the arkark of the testimony, and hast putput the covering of the openingopening to the tabernacle,

⁶ and hast putput the altaraltar of the burnt-offering beforebefore the openingopening of the tabernacletabernacle of the tenttent of meeting,

⁷ and hast putput the laver between the tenttent of meeting and the altaraltar, and hast putput waterwater there.

⁸ `And thou hast set the courtcourt round aboutround about, and hast placed the covering of the gategate of the courtcourt,

⁹ and hast taken the anointing oiloil, and anointedanointed the tabernacle, and all that [is] in it, and hallowedhallowed it, and all its vesselsvessels, and it hath been holyholy;

¹⁰ and thou hast anointedanointed the altaraltar of the burnt-offering, and all its vesselsvessels, and sanctifiedsanctified the altaraltar, and the altaraltar hath been most holyholy;

¹¹ and thou hast anointedanointed the laver and its base, and sanctifiedsanctified it.

¹² `And thou hast brought nearnear AaronAaron and his sons unto the openingopening of the tenttent of meeting, and hast bathedbathed them with waterwater;

¹³ and thou hast clothedclothed AaronAaron with the holyholy garmentsgarments, and anointedanointed him, and sanctifiedsanctified him, and he hath acted as priest to Me.

¹⁴ `And his sons thou dost bring nearnear, and hast clothed them with coatscoats,

¹⁵ and anointedanointed them as thou hast anointedanointed their fatherfather, and they have acted as priestspriests to Me, and their anointing hath been to be to them for a priesthoodpriesthood age-during, to their generationsgenerations.'

¹⁶ And MosesMoses doth according to all that JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded him; so he hath done.

¹⁷ And it cometh to pass, in the firstthe first monthmonth, in the second year, in the firstthe first of the monthmonth, the tabernacle hath been raised up;

¹⁸ and MosesMoses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boardsboards, and placeth its barsbars, and raiseth its pillarspillars,

¹⁹ and spreadeth the tenttent over the tabernacletabernacle, and putteth the coveringcovering of the tenttent upon it above, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

²⁰ And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the arkark, and setteth the staves on the arkark, and putteth the mercy-seatmercy-seat on the arkark above;

²¹ and bringethbringeth in the arkark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the arkark of the testimony, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

²² And he putteth the tabletable in the tenttent of meeting, on the sideside of the tabernacletabernacle northwardnorthward, at the outside of the vail,

²³ and setteth in orderorder upon it the arrangement of breadbread, beforebefore JehovahJehovah, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

²⁴ And he putteth the candlestickcandlestick in the tenttent of meeting, over-against the tabletable, on the sideside of the tabernacletabernacle southwardsouthward,

²⁵ and causeth the lampslamps to go upgo up beforebefore JehovahJehovah, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

²⁶ And he setteth the golden altargolden altar in the tenttent of meeting, beforebefore the vail,

²⁷ and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

²⁸ And he setteth the covering of the openingopening to the tabernacle,

²⁹ and the altaraltar of the burnt-offeringoffering he hath set at the openingopening of the tabernacletabernacle of the tenttent of meeting, and causeth the burnt-offeringoffering to go upgo up upon it, and the presentpresent, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

³⁰ And he putteth the laver between the tenttent of meeting and the altaraltar, and putteth waterwater there for washingwashing,

³¹ and MosesMoses and AaronAaron and his sons have washedwashed their handshands and their feetfeet at the same;

³² in their going in unto the tenttent of meeting, and in their drawingdrawing nearnear unto the altaraltar, they washwash, as JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded MosesMoses.

³³ And he raiseth up the courtcourt round aboutround about the tabernacle, and about the altaraltar, and placeth the covering of the gategate of the courtcourt; and MosesMoses completeth the workwork.

³⁴ And the cloudcloud coverethcovereth the tenttent of meeting, and the honour of JehovahJehovah hath filledfilled the tabernacletabernacle;

³⁵ and MosesMoses hath not been able to go in unto the tenttent of meeting, for the cloudcloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of JehovahJehovah hath filledfilled the tabernacletabernacle.

³⁶ And in the going up of the cloudcloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israelsons of Israel journeyjourney in all their journeysjourneys;

³⁷ and if the cloudcloud go not up then they journeyjourney not, until the day ofday of its going up:

³⁸ for the cloudcloud of JehovahJehovah [is] on the tabernacle by day, and firefire is in it by nightnight, before the eyeseyes of all the househouse of IsraelIsrael in all their journeys.