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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
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0 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
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 shalt thou set up the Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed.
3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
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And thou shalt place therein the Aron HaEdut, and thou shalt cover so as to screen the Aron with the Parochet.
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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And thou shalt bring in the Shulchan, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the Menorah, and kindle the Nerot thereof.
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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And thou shalt place the Mizbe’ach Hazahav L’Ketoret before the Aron HaEdut, and set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan.
6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.
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And thou shalt set the Mizbe’ach HaOlah before the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed.
7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
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And thou shalt set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo’ed and the Mizbe’ach, and shalt place mayim therein.
8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
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And thou shalt set up the khatzer (court) all around, and hang up the Masach Sha’ar Hakhatzer.
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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And thou shalt take the Shemen HaMishchah, and anoint the Mishkan, and all that is therein, and shalt set it apart as kodesh, and all the utensils thereof; and it shall be kodesh.
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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And thou shalt anoint the Mizbe’ach HaOlah, and all its utensils, and set apart as kodesh the Mizbe’ach: and it shall be Mizbe’ach kodesh kodashim.
11 And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.
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And thou shalt anoint the Kiyor and its Stand, and set it apart as kodesh.
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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And thou shalt bring near Aharon and his banim unto the Petach Ohel Mo’ed, and immerse them with mayim.
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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And thou shalt dress Aharon with the Bigdei Hakodesh, and anoint him, and set him apart as kodesh; that he may minister unto Me in the kohen’s office.
14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;
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And thou shalt bring near his banim, and dress them with kuttanot:
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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And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their av, that they may minister unto Me in the kohen’s office: for their anointing shall surely be for them a kehunat olam throughout their dorot.
16 And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.
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Thus did Moshe; according to all that Hashem commanded him, so did he.
17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
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And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Mishkan was erected.
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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And Moshe erected the Mishkan, and fastened its sockets, and set up the kerashim thereof, and put in the crossbars thereof, and set up its ammudim.
19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
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And he spread the Ohel over the Mishkan, and put the Mikhseh of the Ohel on it from above; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
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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And he took and placed HaEdut (The Testimony, i.e., the Stone Tablets of the Ten Commandments) into HaAron, and set the carrying poles on the Aron, and put the Kapporet upon the Aron from above;
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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And he brought the Aron into the Mishkan, and set up the Parochet HaMasach, and shielded with a covering over the Aron HaEdut; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.
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And he put the Shulchan in the Ohel Mo’ed, upon the north side of the Mishkan, outside the Parochet.
23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
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And he set the Lechem in order upon it before Hashem; as Hashem had commanded Moshe.
24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:
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And he put the Menorah in the Ohel Mo’ed, opposite the Shulchan, on the south side of the Mishkan.
25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.
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And he set up the nerot (lamps) before Hashem; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
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And he put the Mizbe’ach Hazahav in the Ohel Mo’ed before the Parochet;
27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.
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And he burned ketoret spices thereon; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
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And he set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan (Curtain of the Entrance of the Tabernacle).
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 he put the Mizbe’ach HaOlah at the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed, and offered upon it the olah (burnt offering) and the minchah; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
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And he set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo’ed and the Mizbe’ach, and put mayim there, to wash withal.
31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
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And Moshe and Aharon and his banim washed their hands and their feet thereat;
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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When they went into the Ohel Mo’ed, and when they came near unto the Mizbe’ach, they washed; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
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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And he erected the khatzer (courtyard) all around the Mishkan and the Mizbe’ach, and set up the Masach Sha’ar HaKhatzer. So Moshe finished 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 Anan covered the Ohel Mo’ed, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan.
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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And Moshe was not able to enter into the Ohel Mo’ed, because the [Shekinah] cloud abode thereon, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:
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And when the Anan was taken up from over the Mishkan, the Bnei Yisroel went onward in all their journeys;
37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
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But if the Anan were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
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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For the Anan Hashem was upon the Mishkan by day, and Eish was on it by night, in the sight of all the Bais Yisroel, throughout all their journeys. T.N. The Theme of gracious, unmerited Deliverance and Salvation for an Am Kesheh Oref (Obstinate Stiffnecked People) has been presented in the Second Book of Moses.
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