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