[1] And the Lord said to Moses, [2] On the first day of the first month you
are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting. [3] And inside it put the
ark of the law, hanging the veil before it. [4] And put the table inside,
placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the
lights, and let its lights be burning. [5] And put the gold altar for
burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over
the doorway of the House. [6] And put the altar of burned offerings before
the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting. [7] And let the
washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and
the altar. [8] And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it,
with the curtain over its doorway. [9] And take the holy oil and put it on
the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy: [10]
And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its
vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy. [11] And put oil on the
washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy. [12] Then let Aaron and
his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them
with water, [13] You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put
oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest. [14] And take
his sons with him and put coats on them; [15] And put oil on them as you
did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil
will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation. [16] And
Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did. [17] So on the
first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up. [18]
Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its
uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;
[19] Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had
given him orders. [20] And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and
put the rods at its side and the cover over it; [21] And he took the ark
into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him
orders. [22] And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side
outside the veil. [23] And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord,
as the Lord had said. [24] The support for the lights he put in the Tent of
meeting, opposite the table, on the south side: [25] Lighting the lights
before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders. [26] And he put the gold
altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil: [27] Burning sweet
perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders. [28] And he put up the
curtain at the doorway of the House. [29] And at the door of the House of
the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it
the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him
orders. [30] And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the
vessel with water in it for washing. [31] In it the hands and feet of Moses
and Aaron and his sons were washed, [32] Whenever they went into the Tent
of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders
to Moses. [33] And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the
House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made
the work complete. [34] Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of
meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord; [35] So that
Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was
resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord. [36] And
whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went
forward on their journey: [37] But while the cloud was there, they made no
move till it was taken up. [38] For the cloud of the Lord was resting on
the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes
of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.
