[1] The LORD said to Moses, [2] "On the first day of the first month you
shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. [3] And you shall put in
it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
[4] And you shall bring in the table, and set its arrangements in order;
and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps. [5] And you
shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and
set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. [6] You shall set the
altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of
meeting, [7] and place the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and put water in it. [8] And you shall set up the court round about, and
hang up the screen for the gate of the court. [9] Then you shall take the
anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and
consecrate it and all its furniture; and it shall become 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] You shall also
anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it. [12] Then you shall bring
Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them
with water, [13] and put upon Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint
him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. [14] You shall
bring his sons also and put coats on them, [15] and anoint them, as you
anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests: and their
anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their
generations." [16] Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded
him, so he did. [17] And in the first month in the second year, on the
first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. [18] Moses erected the
tabernacle; he laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles,
and raised up its pillars; [19] and he spread the tent over the tabernacle,
and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[20] And he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles
on the ark, and set the mercy seat above on the ark; [21] and he brought
the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and
screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD had commanded Moses. [22]
And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the
tabernacle, outside the veil, [23] and set the bread in order on it before
the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. [24] And he put the lampstand in
the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the
tabernacle, [25] and set up the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD had
commanded Moses. [26] And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting
before the veil, [27] and burnt fragrant incense upon it; as the LORD had
commanded Moses. [28] And he put in place the screen for the door of the
tabernacle. [29] And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering
and the cereal offering; as the LORD had commanded Moses. [30] And he set
the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it
for washing, [31] with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their
hands and their feet; [32] when they went into the tent of meeting, and
when they approached the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[33] And he erected the court round 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 the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. [35] And Moses was not able to enter the tent of
meeting, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled
the tabernacle. [36] Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was
taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would go onward;
[37] but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not go onward till
the day that it was taken up. [38] For throughout all their journeys the
cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by
night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
