Exodus 40:30-38 ▼

30 He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and put water in it for washing.

31 Then from it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

32 When they entered the Tent of Meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

33 And he erected the courtyard all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung the screen (curtain) at the gateway of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

34 Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God’s visible, dwelling presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory and brilliance of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained on it, and the glory and brilliance of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

36 In all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out;

37 but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey on until the day when it was taken up.

38 For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.