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Exodus 40

The Tabernacle Erected

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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aOn the first day of the first month you shall set up the  1tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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aYou shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

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"You shall  abring in the table and  1 barrange what belongs on it; and you shall  cbring in the lampstand and  2mount its lamps.

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"Moreover, you shall  aset the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle.

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"You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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"You shall  aset the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water  1in it.

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"You shall set up the court all around and  1hang up the veil for the gateway of the court.

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"Then you shall take the anointing oil and  aanoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its  1furnishings; and it shall be holy.

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"You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and  athe altar shall be most holy.

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"You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and consecrate it.

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"Then you shall  abring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

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aYou shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister as a priest to Me.

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"You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them;

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and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will  1qualify them for a  aperpetual priesthood throughout their generations."

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Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

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Now  ain the first month  1of the second year, on the first day of the month, the  2tabernacle was erected.

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Moses erected the tabernacle and  1laid its  2sockets, and set up its boards, and  1inserted its bars and erected its pillars.

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He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent  1on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Then he took  athe testimony and put it into the ark, and  1attached the poles to the ark, and put the  2mercy seat  3on top of the ark.

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He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and  aset up a veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Then he  aput the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

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He set the arrangement of  abread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

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He  alighted the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Then he  aplaced the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;

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and he  aburned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Then he set up the  1veil for the doorway of the tabernacle.

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He  aset the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and  boffered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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He placed the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

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 aFrom it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

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When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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He  aerected the court all around the  1tabernacle and the altar, and  2hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the LORD

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 aThen the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the  bglory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Moses  awas not able to 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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Throughout all their journeys  awhenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;

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but  aif the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.

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For throughout all their journeys,  athe cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.



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