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Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
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“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
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Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.
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Bring his sons and dress them in tunics.
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Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”
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Moses did everything just as the LORD commanded him.
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So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
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When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.
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Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the LORD commanded him.
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He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.
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Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the LORD commanded him.