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"1On the firstday of the firstmonth you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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"2You shall place the ark of the testimonythere, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
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"You shall 3bring in the table and 4arrangewhatbelongs on it; and you shall 5bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps.
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"Moreover, you shall 6set the goldaltar of incensebefore the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle.
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"You shall set the altar of burntoffering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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"You shall 7set the laverbetween the tent of meeting and the altar and putwater in it.
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"You shall set up the courtallaround and hang up the veil for the gateway of the court.
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"Then you shall take the anointingoil and 8anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy.
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"You shall anoint the altar of burntoffering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and 9the altar shall be mostholy.
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"You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and consecrate it.
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"Then you shall 10bringAaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
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"11You 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 12perpetualpriesthood 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 13in 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 took14the 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 15set 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 16put the table in the tent of meeting on the northside of the tabernacle, outside* the veil.
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He set the arrangement of 17bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the southside of the tabernacle.
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He 18lighted the lampsbefore the LORD, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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Then he 19placed the goldaltar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;
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and he 20burnedfragrantincense on it, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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Then he set up the veil for the doorway of the tabernacle.
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He 21set the altar of burntoffering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and 22offered on it the burntoffering and the mealoffering, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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He placed the laverbetween the tent of meeting and the altar and putwater in it for washing.
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23From it Moses and Aaron and his sonswashed their hands and their feet.
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When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commandedMoses.
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He 24erected the courtallaround the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Mosesfinished the work.
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.