The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

3And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

4And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

5And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

6And you shall set the altar of the burned offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

7And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein.   basin

8And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

9And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.   make holy

10And you shall anoint the altar of the burned offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.   only for God

11And you shall anoint the laver and its foot, and sanctify it.   stand

12And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

13And you shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to Me in the priest’s office.

14And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

15And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to Me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

16Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

17And 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.   raised

18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.

19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.

20And 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:   poles

21And 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.

22And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

23And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

24And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

25And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

26And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:

27And he burned sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.

28And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burned offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.

30And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with.

31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

32When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

33And 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.