¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

² On^◦ the first day of the month, in the first^◦ month, shalt thou raise·​·up the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦.

³ And thou shalt set in it the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt shelter the veil over the ark.

⁴ And thou shalt bring·​·in the table, and shalt arrange its arrangement; and thou shalt bring·​·in the lampstand, and shalt cause the flame of its lamps to go·​·up^*.

⁵ And thou shalt put^◦ the altar of gold for incense before the ark of the Testimony, and shalt set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

⁶ And thou shalt put^◦ the altar of the burnt·​·offering before the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦.

⁷ And thou shalt put^◦ the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and shalt put^◦ waters therein.

⁸ And thou shalt set the court all around, and shalt put^◦ the sheltering at the gate of the court.

⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the Habitation, and all that is in it, and thou shalt sanctify it, and all its vessels; and it shall be holy.

¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt·​·offering, and all its vessels, and shalt sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be a holy of holies.

¹¹ And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and shalt sanctify it.

¹² And thou shalt make Aaron and his sons come·​·near to^▵ the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and shalt bathe them with waters.

¹³ And thou shall clothe Aaron with the garments of holiness, and thou shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me.

¹⁴ And thou shalt make his sons to come·​·near, and shalt clothe them with tunics.

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them, as^◦ thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be·​·priests to Me; and their anointing shall be for a priesthood of an age, to be to them for their generations.

¹⁶ And Moses did according·​·to all that Jehovah commanded him, so he did.

¹⁷ And it was in the first month, in the second year, on the first^◦ day of the month, that the Habitation was raised·​·up.

¹⁸ And Moses raised·​·up the Habitation, and put^◦ down its bases^◦, and set up its planks, and put^◦ in its bars, and raised·​·up its pillars.

¹⁹ And he spread the Tabernacle over the Habitation, and put the covering of the Tabernacle upon it above, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁰ And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and placed the poles upon the ark, and put the place of atonement upon the ark above.

²¹ And he brought the ark into the Habitation, and set the veil of the sheltering, and sheltered over the ark of the Testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

²² And he put the table in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, upon the thigh of the Habitation northward, outside the veil.

²³ And he arranged on it the arrangement of the bread before Jehovah; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁴ And he set the lampstand in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, opposite the table, on the thigh of the Habitation toward the south.

²⁵ And he caused the flame of the lamps to go·​·up^* before Jehovah; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he put the altar of gold in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ before the veil;

²⁷ and he burnt·​·for·​·incense thereon fragrant incense, as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

²⁹ And he set the altar of the burnt·​·offering at the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and he brought·​·up on it the burnt·​·offering and the gift·​·offering; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

³⁰ And he set the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and put^◦ waters therein, to bathe.

³¹ And Moses and Aaron and his sons bathed out of it their hands and their feet.

³² When they came into the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and when they came·​·near to the altar, they bathed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

³³ And he raised·​·up the court all around the Habitation, and the altar, and put^◦ up the sheltering of the gate of the court. And Moses completed the work^▵*,

³⁴ And the cloud covered the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation.

³⁵ And Moses was· not ·able to come into^◦ the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, for the cloud abode^◦ on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation^*.

³⁶ And when the cloud went·​·up from over the Habitation, the sons of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.

³⁷ And if the cloud went· not ·up, then they journeyed not until the day that it went·​·up.

³⁸ For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the Habitation by·​·day, and there was fire in it by night, to the eyes of all the house of Israel, in all their journeys.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar for the burning· of incense ·as·​·incense; of shittim^* wood shalt thou make it.

² A cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits its height; out of it shall be its horns.

³ And thou shalt overlay it with pure^◦ gold, its roof and its walls^◦ round·​·about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a rim of gold all around.

⁴ And thou shalt make for it two rings of gold beneath its rim, upon its two ribs; upon its two ribs shalt thou make them; and it shall be for the housings for the poles, to carry it in them.

⁵ And thou shalt make the poles of shittim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

⁶ And thou shalt put it before the veil that is over the ark of the Testimony, before the place of atonement that is over the Testimony, whither I will meet·​·together with thee.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn·​·incense on it, fragrant incense in the morning by the morning; in his adorning the lamps^* he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense.

⁸ And when Aaron causes the flame of the lamps to go·​·up^* between the two·​·evenings^*, he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense, a continual incense before Jehovah for your generations.

⁹ You shall not offer·​·up strange incense nor burnt·​·offering nor gift·​·offering upon it; and you shall not pour·​·out a poured·​·offering upon it.

¹⁰ And Aaron shall make·​·atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, from the blood of the sin offering of atonements; once in the year he shall make·​·atonement upon it to your generations; a holy of holies is this^◦ to Jehovah.

¹¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹² When^◦ thou shalt take·​·up the sum of the sons of Israel, as to those who are numbered^◦ of them, then they shall give, each·​·man^◦, an atonement of his soul to Jehovah when numbering^◦ them, that there be not among^◦ them a plague striking when numbering^◦ them.

¹³ This they shall give, everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered^◦, half a shekel, in the shekel of holiness, a shekel of twenty gerahs, the half of a shekel an uplifting to Jehovah.

¹⁴ Everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered^◦, from a son of twenty years and upward, shall give an uplifting to Jehovah.

¹⁵ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half of the shekel, to give the uplifting^◦ to Jehovah, to make·​·atonement on your souls.

¹⁶ And thou shalt take the silver of atonements from among the sons of Israel, and thou shalt give it for the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦; and it shall be to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make·​·atonement upon your souls.

¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁸ And thou shalt make a laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, for bathing; and thou shalt put^◦ it between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and thou shalt put^◦ waters there.

¹⁹ And Aaron and his sons shall bathe from it their hands and their feet.

²⁰ When they come into the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ they shall bathe with waters, that they die not; or when they approach the altar to minister, to burn·​·for·​·incense a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

²¹ And they shall bathe their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute of an age, to him and to his seed, to their generations.

²² And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²³ And take thou^◦ for thee the foremost spices, the best^◦ myrrh^* five hundred, and cinnamon spice the half of it, fifty and two·​·hundred, and calamus spice, fifty and two·​·hundred;

²⁴ and cassia five hundred, in the shekel of holiness; and oil of olive a hin.

²⁵ And thou shalt make it an oil of anointing of holiness, an ointment of ointment, made·​·by the ointment·​·maker; an oil of anointing of holiness it shall be.

²⁶ And thou shalt anoint with it the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and the ark of the Testimony;

²⁷ and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense;

²⁸ and the altar of burnt·​·offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base.

²⁹ And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be a holy of holies; whoever touches them shall be made·​·holy.

³⁰ And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, to be·​·priests to Me.

³¹ And thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be for Me an oil of anointing of holiness for your generations.

³² On the flesh of man shall it not be poured·​·out; and according to its fixed·​·measure you shall not make any like^▵ it; holy it is; holy shall it be to you.

³³ The man^◦ who shall make·​·ointment like it, and who shall put^◦ of it on a stranger, even he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.

³⁴ And Jehovah said to Moses, Take for thee fragrances, a drop, and onycha, and galbanum, fragrances, and pure^▵ frankincense, so much in so much shall it be.

³⁵ And thou shalt make it an incense, an ointment made·​·by the ointment·​·maker, salted, pure^◦, holy.

³⁶ And thou shalt pound some of it, making· it ·thin, and shalt put^◦ some of it before the Testimony in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, whither I will meet·​·together with thee, a holy of holies shall it be to you.

³⁷ And the incense which thou makest in its fixed·​·measure, you shall not make for yourselves; holy to Jehovah shall it be to thee.

³⁸ The man^◦ who shall make like to it, to cause a smell with it, even^▵ he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.