Exodus 40:1-38 NIV

[1] Then the LORD said to Moses: [2] “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. [3] Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. [4] Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. [5] Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. [6] “Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; [7] place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. [8] Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. [9] “Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. [10] Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy. [11] Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them. [12] “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. [13] Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest. [14] Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. [15] Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.” [16] Moses did everything just as the LORD commanded him. [17] So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year. [18] When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts. [19] Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the LORD commanded him. [20] He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it. [21] Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the LORD commanded him. [22] Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain [23] and set out the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him. [24] He placed 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, as the LORD commanded him. [26] Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain [27] and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD commanded him. [28] Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. [29] He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him. [30] He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing, [31] and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. [32] They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses. [33] Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work. [34] Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. [35] Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. [36] In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; [37] but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. [38] So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.