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1 The Lord said to Moses,
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "On the first day of the first month set up the Tent of the Lord's presence.
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“On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
3 Place in it the Covenant Box containing the Ten Commandments and put the curtain in front of it.
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And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
4 Bring in the table and place the equipment on it. Also bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps on it.
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And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
5 Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the Covenant Box and hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tent.
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And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
6 Put in front of the Tent the altar for burning offerings.
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You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
7 Put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and fill it with water.
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and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8 Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance.
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And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
9 "Then dedicate the Tent and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy.
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“Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
10 Next, dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy.
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You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
11 Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way.
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You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
12 "Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent, and have them take a ritual bath.
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Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water
13 Dress Aaron in the priestly garments, anoint him, and in this way consecrate him, so that he can serve me as priest.
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and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
14 Bring his sons and put the shirts on them.
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You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them,
15 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."
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and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations. ”
16 Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded.
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This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.
17 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.
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In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.
18 Moses put down its bases, set up its frames, attached its crossbars, and put up its posts.
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Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.
19 He spread out the covering over the Tent and put the outer covering over it, just as the Lord had commanded.
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And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
20 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.
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He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.
21 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.
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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 He put the table in the Tent, on the north side outside the curtain,
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He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
23 and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded.
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and arranged the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 He put the lampstand in the Tent, on the south side, opposite the table,
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He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,
25 and there in the Lord's presence he lit the lamps, just as the Lord had commanded.
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and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
26 He put the gold altar in the Tent, in front of the curtain,
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He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
27 and burned the sweet-smelling incense, just as the Lord had commanded.
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and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 He hung the curtain at the entrance of the Tent,
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He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
29 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.
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And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 He put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and filled it with water.
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He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there
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with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.
32 whenever they went into the Tent or to the altar, just as the Lord had commanded.
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When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.
33 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.
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And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence filled it.
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Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 Because of this, Moses could not go into the Tent.
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And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36 The Israelites moved their camp to another place only when the cloud lifted from the Tent.
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Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.
37 As long as the cloud stayed there, they did not move their camp.
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But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up.
38 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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For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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