Éxodo 40
Dios Habla Hoy
Consagración del santuario
40 El Señor se dirigió a Moisés y le dijo:
2 «El día primero del mes primero debes instalar el santuario, la tienda del encuentro con Dios. 3 Pon allí dentro el arca de la alianza, y cúbrela con el velo. 4 Pon también dentro la mesa y el candelabro. Arregla bien la mesa y colócale al candelabro sus lámparas. 5 Pon el altar de oro para el incienso delante del arca de la alianza, y cuelga la cortina de la entrada del santuario. 6 Pon luego el altar de los holocaustos a la entrada del santuario, la tienda del encuentro. 7 Pon después la palangana entre la tienda del encuentro y el altar, y llénala de agua. 8 Instala entonces el patio alrededor, y cuelga la cortina de la entrada del patio.
9 »Toma después el aceite de consagrar, y derrámalo sobre el santuario y sobre todo lo que está en él. Así lo consagrarás con todos sus utensilios, y será un lugar santo. 10 Derrama también aceite de consagrar sobre el altar de los holocaustos y sobre todos sus utensilios. Así lo consagrarás y será un altar santísimo. 11 Derrama aceite sobre la palangana y su base, y así la consagrarás.
12 »Lleva después a Aarón y a sus hijos cerca de la puerta de la tienda del encuentro, y haz que se bañen 13 y que Aarón se ponga la ropa especial. Luego derrama aceite sobre él para consagrarlo como mi sacerdote. 14 Acerca luego a sus hijos, ponles las túnicas 15 y derrama aceite sobre ellos, como lo hiciste con Aarón, para que sean mis sacerdotes. Con este derramamiento de aceite sobre ellos se establece un sacerdocio eterno a través de los siglos.»
16 Moisés lo hizo todo tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado. 17 Y así, al comenzar el segundo año después de la salida de Egipto, el día primero del mes primero, fue instalado el santuario. 18 Moisés instaló el santuario y puso sus bases, colocó las tablas, puso los travesaños, levantó los postes, 19 extendió la tienda de campaña sobre el santuario, y colocó la cubierta para la parte superior de la tienda, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
20-21 Después Moisés tomó las tablas de la ley y las puso en el arca de la alianza; luego le puso al arca los travesaños, y su tapa para la parte superior, y la llevó al interior del santuario; colgó entonces el velo y cubrió el arca, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
22 Luego puso la mesa dentro de la tienda del encuentro, al lado norte del santuario, pero fuera del velo. 23 Sobre la mesa acomodó bien el pan ante la presencia del Señor, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
24 Puso también el candelabro dentro de la tienda del encuentro, frente a la mesa, al lado sur del santuario, 25 y encendió las lámparas ante la presencia del Señor, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
26 El altar de oro lo puso dentro de la tienda del encuentro, delante del velo, 27 y quemó en él incienso aromático, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
28 Después Moisés colgó la cortina para la entrada del santuario; 29 luego puso el altar de los holocaustos a la entrada del santuario, la tienda del encuentro, y en él quemó animales y cereales como ofrendas, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado.
30 La palangana la puso entre la tienda del encuentro y el altar, y la llenó de agua, para lavarse. 31 De allí sacaban agua Moisés, y Aarón y sus hijos, para lavarse las manos y los pies. 32 Se lavaban cuando entraban en la tienda del encuentro y cuando se acercaban al altar, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.
33 Finalmente, Moisés instaló el patio alrededor del santuario y el altar, y colgó la cortina de la entrada del patio.
La nube sobre la tienda del encuentro(A)
Al terminar Moisés la construcción, 34 la nube cubrió la tienda del encuentro y la gloria del Señor llenó el santuario. 35 Moisés no podía entrar en la tienda del encuentro porque la nube se había asentado sobre ella y la gloria del Señor llenaba el santuario. 36 Cuando la nube se levantaba de encima del santuario, los israelitas levantaban su campamento y seguían su camino, 37 pero si no se levantaba la nube, tampoco ellos levantaban su campamento, sino que esperaban hasta que la nube se levantaba. 38 A lo largo de todo el viaje de los israelitas, y a la vista de todos ellos, la nube del Señor estaba sobre el santuario durante el día, y durante la noche había un fuego sobre él.
Exodus 40
New King James Version
The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged
40 Then the Lord (A)spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “On the first day of the (B)first month you shall set up (C)the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 (D)You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and [a]partition off the ark with the veil. 4 (E)You shall bring in the table and (F)arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; (G)and you shall bring in the lampstand and [b]light its lamps. 5 (H)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. 6 Then you shall set the (I)altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 And (J)you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
9 “And you shall take the anointing oil, and (K)anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 10 You shall (L)anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. (M)The altar shall be most holy. 11 And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
12 (N)“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. 13 You shall put the holy (O)garments on Aaron, (P)and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. 14 And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 15 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be (Q)an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
16 Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.
17 And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the (R)tabernacle was [c]raised up. 18 So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. 19 And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20 He took (S)the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, (T)hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 (U)He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil; 23 (V)and he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 (W)He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle; 25 and (X)he lit the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26 (Y)He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil; 27 (Z)and he burned sweet incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28 (AA)He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle. 29 (AB)And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and (AC)offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 (AD)He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; 31 and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would (AE)wash their hands and their feet with water from it. 32 Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, (AF)as the Lord had commanded Moses. 33 (AG)And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses (AH)finished the work.
The Cloud and the Glory(AI)
34 (AJ)Then the (AK)cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the (AL)glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses (AM)was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 (AN)Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would [d]go onward in all their journeys. 37 But (AO)if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. 38 For (AP)the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Footnotes
- Exodus 40:3 screen
- Exodus 40:4 set up
- Exodus 40:17 erected
- Exodus 40:36 journey
Exodus 40
English Standard Version
The Tabernacle Erected
40 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “On the (A)first day of the first month you shall (B)erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall (C)screen the ark with the veil. 4 And (D)you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and (E)you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5 (F)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 (G)You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, 7 (H)and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
9 “Then you shall take the (I)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 You shall also anoint (J)the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, (K)so that the altar may become most holy. 11 You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12 (L)Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water 13 and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. 14 You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, 15 (M)and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a (N)perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”
16 This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did. 17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, (O)the tabernacle was erected. 18 Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20 He (P)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 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and (Q)set up the veil of the screen, and screened (R)the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 22 (S)He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, 23 and arranged the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 (T)He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, 25 (U)and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 26 (V)He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, 27 and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 28 (W)He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 29 (X)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 (Y)grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 (Z)He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, 31 with which Moses and (AA)Aaron and his sons (AB)washed their hands and their feet. 32 When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses. 33 (AC)And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So (AD)Moses finished the work.
The Glory of the Lord
34 Then (AE)the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and (AF)the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 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 Throughout all their journeys, (AG)whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. 37 But (AH)if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up. 38 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.
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