“On the first day of the (A)first month you shall set up (B)the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. (C)You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and [a]partition off the ark with the veil. (D)You shall bring in the table and (E)arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; (F)and you shall bring in the lampstand and [b]light its lamps. (G)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. Then you shall set the (H)altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And (I)you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 40:3 screen
  2. Exodus 40:4 set up

“Set up(A) the tabernacle, the tent of meeting,(B) on the first day of the first month.(C) Place the ark(D) of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. Bring in the table(E) and set out what belongs on it.(F) Then bring in the lampstand(G) and set up its lamps. Place the gold altar(H) of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

“Place the altar(I) of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; place the basin(J) between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. Set up the courtyard(K) around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.

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