Exodus 40:1-33
Legacy Standard Bible
Setting Up the Tabernacle
40 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “(A)On the first day of the first month you shall set up the [a]tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 (B)You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. 4 You shall (C)bring in the table and [b](D)arrange what belongs on it; and you shall (E)bring in the lampstand and [c]mount its lamps. 5 Moreover, you shall (F)set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle. 6 You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 You shall (G)set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water [d]in it. 8 You shall set up the court all around and [e]hang up the screen for the gateway of the court. 9 Then you shall take the anointing oil and (H)anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and set it apart as holy and all its [f]furnishings; and it shall be holy. 10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and set the altar apart as holy, and (I)the altar shall be most holy. 11 You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and set it apart as holy. 12 Then you shall (J)bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13 (K)You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and set him apart as holy, that he may minister as a priest to Me. 14 You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them; 15 and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will be for them for a (L)perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” 16 Thus Moses did; according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so he did.
17 Now (M)it happened, in the first month [g]of the second year, on the first day of the month, the [h]tabernacle was erected. 18 Moses erected the tabernacle and [i]laid its bases and set up its boards and [j]inserted its bars and erected its pillars. 19 He spread the tent over the tabernacle and placed the covering of the tent [k]on top of it, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 20 Then he took (N)the testimony and put it into the ark and [l]attached the poles to the ark and put the [m]mercy seat [n]on top of the ark. 21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle and (O)placed the veil of the screen and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 22 Then he (P)put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. 23 He set the arrangement of (Q)bread in order on it before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 24 Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. 25 He (R)lighted the lamps before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 26 Then he (S)placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil; 27 and he (T)burned fragrant incense on it, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 28 Then he placed the screen at the doorway of the tabernacle. 29 He (U)placed the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and he (V)offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 30 He placed the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. 31 (W)From it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. 32 When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 33 He (X)erected the court all around the [o]tabernacle and the altar, and he put up the screen for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work.
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- Exodus 40:2 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 40:4 Lit arrange its arrangement
- Exodus 40:4 Or light
- Exodus 40:7 Lit there
- Exodus 40:8 Lit put
- Exodus 40:9 Or utensils
- Exodus 40:17 Lit in
- Exodus 40:17 Lit dwelling place
- Exodus 40:18 Lit put
- Exodus 40:18 Lit put
- Exodus 40:19 Lit over it above
- Exodus 40:20 Lit set
- Exodus 40:20 Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
- Exodus 40:20 Lit over the ark above
- Exodus 40:33 Or dwelling place
Exodus 40:1-33
Christian Standard Bible
Setting Up the Tabernacle
40 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.[a](A) 3 Put the ark(B) of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the curtain. 4 Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5 Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle. 6 Position the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. 7 Place the basin(C) between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 Assemble the surrounding courtyard and hang the screen for the gate of the courtyard.
9 “Take the anointing oil and anoint(D) the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings so that it will be holy. 10 Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar so that it will be especially holy. 11 Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it.
12 “Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.(E) 13 Clothe Aaron with the holy garments,(F) anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he can serve me as a priest. 14 Have his sons come forward and clothe them in tunics. 15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve me as priests. Their anointing will serve to inaugurate a permanent priesthood for them throughout their generations.”(G)
16 Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him. 17 The tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.[b](H) 18 Moses set up the tabernacle: He laid its bases, positioned its supports, inserted its crossbars, and set up its pillars. 19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
20 Moses took the testimony(I) and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the curtain for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.
22 Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain. 23 He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him. 24 He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle 25 and set up the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
26 Moses installed the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the curtain, 27 and burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded him. 28 He put up the screen at the entrance to the tabernacle. 29 He placed the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the Lord had commanded him.
30 He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. 31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet from it. 32 They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33 Next Moses set up the surrounding courtyard for the tabernacle and the altar and hung a screen for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.(J)
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