Exodus 40:1-16

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. ³And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall ^(C)screen the ark with the veil. ⁴And ^(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. ⁸And 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. ¹⁰You 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. ¹¹You 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 ¹³and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. ¹⁴You 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.”