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"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil.
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You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.
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You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
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Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
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You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
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And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.
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.