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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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: 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.
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.
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.
34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. 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: 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.