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"Then you shall 1bringAaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
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"2You shall put the holygarments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister as a priest to Me.
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"You shall bring his sons and puttunics on them;
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and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a 3perpetualpriesthood throughout their generations."
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Thus Mosesdid; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
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Now 4in the firstmonth of the secondyear, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.
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Moseserected the tabernacle and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars.
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He spread the tentover the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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Then he took5the testimony and put it into the ark, and attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercyseat on top of the ark.
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He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and 6set up a veil for the screen, and screenedoff the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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Then he 7put the table in the tent of meeting on the northside of the tabernacle, outside* the veil.
This chapter contains the order for setting up the tabernacle, and placing the furniture of it where it was the will of God it should be put, Ex 40:1-8 and for the anointing it, and all its vessels, and also Aaron and his sons, Ex 40:9-16 all which were accordingly done, the tabernacle was reared up, and everything was put in its proper place, Ex 40:16-33 upon which a cloud covered the tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses could not enter; which cloud afterwards was a direction in their journeys, by night and by day, Ex 40:34-38.