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And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.
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And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them.
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And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.
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And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.
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And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.
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And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.
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And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.
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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
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And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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.