GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
25 He set up the lamps in the LORD's presence, following the LORD's instructions.
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and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him.
26 Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy.
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Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain
27 He burned sweet-smelling incense on it, following the LORD's instructions.
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and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD commanded him.
28 Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the tent.
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Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
29 He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tent (the tent of meeting). He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed the LORD's instructions.
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He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.
30 He put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.
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He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing,
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet.
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and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.
32 They would wash whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses followed the LORD's instructions.
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They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.
33 He set up the courtyard around the tent and the altar and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. Finally, Moses finished the work.
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Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.
34 Then the [column of] smoke covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tent.
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Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses couldn't go into the tent of meeting, because the smoke settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tent.
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Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
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