The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
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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.
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"On the first day of the first month set up the Tent of the Lord's presence.
3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
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Place in it the Covenant Box containing the Ten Commandments and put the curtain in front of 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.
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Bring in the table and place the equipment on it. Also bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps on it.
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.
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Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the Covenant Box and hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tent.
6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.
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Put in front of the Tent the altar for burning offerings.
7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
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Put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and fill it with water.
8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
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Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance.
9 And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:
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"Then dedicate the Tent and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be 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.
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Next, dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy.
11 And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.
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Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way.
12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
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"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent, and have them take a ritual bath.
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.
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Dress Aaron in the priestly garments, anoint him, and in this way consecrate him, so that he can serve me as priest.
14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;
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Bring his sons and put the shirts 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.
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Then anoint them, just as you anointed their father, so that they can serve me as priests. This anointing will make them priests for all time to come."
16 And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.
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Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded.
17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
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So on the first day of the first month of the second year after they left Egypt, the Tent of the Lord's presence was set 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;
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Moses put down its bases, set up its frames, attached its crossbars, and put up its posts.
19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
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He spread out the covering over the Tent and put the outer covering over it, just as the Lord had commanded.
20 And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;
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Then he took the two stone tablets and put them in the Covenant Box. He put the poles in the rings of the Box and put the lid on it.
21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.
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Then he put the Box in the Tent and hung up the curtain. In this way he screened off the Covenant Box, just as the Lord had commanded.
22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.
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He put the table in the Tent, on the north side outside the curtain,
23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
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and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded.
24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:
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He put the lampstand in the Tent, on the south side, opposite the table,
25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.
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and there in the Lord's presence he lit the lamps, just as the Lord had commanded.
26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
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He put the gold altar in the Tent, in front of the curtain,
27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.
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and burned the sweet-smelling incense, just as the Lord had commanded.
28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
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He hung the curtain at the entrance of the Tent,
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.
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and there in front of the curtain he placed the altar for burning offerings. On it he sacrificed the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the Lord had commanded.
30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
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He put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and filled it with water.
31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
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Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there
32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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whenever they went into the Tent or to the altar, just as the Lord had commanded.
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.
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Moses set up the enclosure around the Tent and the altar and hung the curtain at the entrance of the enclosure. So he finished all the work.
34 Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;
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Then the cloud covered the Tent and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence filled it.
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.
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Because of this, Moses could not go into the Tent.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:
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The Israelites moved their camp to another place only when the cloud lifted from the Tent.
37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
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As long as the cloud stayed there, they did not move their camp.
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.
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During all their wanderings they could see the cloud of the Lord's presence over the Tent during the day and a fire burning above it during the night.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.