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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 40
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “On the first day of the first month you
shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of
Meeting.
3 You shall put the ark of the covenant
in it, and you shall screen the ark with the
veil.
4 You shall bring in the table, and set in
order the things that are on it. You shall
bring inthe lamp stand, and lightits lamps.
5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and
put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6 “You shall set the altar of burnt offering
before the door of the tabernacle of the
Tent of Meeting.
7 You shall setthe basin between the Tent
of Meeting and the altar, and shall put
water therein.
8 You shall set up the court around it, and
hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 “You shall take the anointing oil, and
anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it,
and shall make it holy, and all its furniture,
and it will be holy.
10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt
offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify
the altar, and the altar will be most holy.
11You shall anoint the basin and its base,
and sanctify it.
12 “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to
the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall
wash them with water.
13 You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the
priest’s office.14You shall bring his sons, and puttunics
on them.
15 You shall anointthem, as you anointed
their father, that they may minister to me
in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall
be to them for an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations.”
16 Moses did so. According to all that
Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
17 In the first month in the second year,
on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
18 Moses raised up the tabernacle, and
laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and
put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.
19 He spread the covering over the tent,
and putthe roof ofthe tabernacle above on
it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
20 He took and put the covenant into the
ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put
the mercy seat above on the ark.
21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and
screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
22 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting,
on the north side ofthe tabernacle, outside
of the veil.
23 He set the bread in order on it before
Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of
Meeting, opposite the table, on the south
side of the tabernacle.
25 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as
Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 He put the golden altar in the Tent of
Meeting before the veil;
27 and he burned incense of sweet spices
on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 He put up the screen of the door to the
tabernacle.
29 He set the altar of burnt offering at
the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of
Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.
30 He set the basin between the Tent
of Meeting and the altar, and put water
therein, with which to wash.
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed
their hands and their feet there.
32When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came
near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
33 He raised up the court around the
tabernacle and the altar, and set up the
screen of the gate of the court. So Moses
finished the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of
Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the
tabernacle.
35 Moses wasn’t able to enter into the
Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed
on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
36 When the cloud was taken up from
over the tabernacle, the children of Israel
went onward, throughout all their journeys;
37 but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then
they didn’t travel until the day that it was
taken up.
38 For the cloud of Yahweh was on the
tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the
cloud by night, in the sight of all the house
of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Word English Bible
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