Exodus 40:1-21 ▼

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

3 You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil.

4 Then you shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps.

5 You shall also set the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle.

6 And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

7 Then you shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

8 You shall also set up the courtyard all around and hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard.

9 Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy.

10 You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11 And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

12 Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

13 And you shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve as a priest to Me.

14 You shall also bring his sons and put tunics on them;

15 and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

16 So Moses did these things; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

17 Now in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

18 Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its bases, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.

19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

20 Then he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and attached the poles to the ark, and put the atoning cover on top of the ark.

21 He then brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil for the covering, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.