1Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
2“On the first <07223> day <03117> of the first <0259> month <02320> you are to set up <06965> the tabernacle <04908>, the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>.
3You are to place <07760> the ark <0727> of the testimony <05715> in <05921> it and shield <05526> the ark <0727> with <0854> the special curtain <06532>.
4You are to bring <0935> in the <0853> table <07979> and set out <06186> the <0853> things that belong on <06187> it; then you are to bring <0935> in the <0853> lampstand <04501> and set up <05927> its <0853> lamps <05216>.
5You are to put <05414> the gold <02091> altar <04196> for incense <07004> in front <06440> of the ark <0727> of the testimony <05715> and put <07760> the curtain <04539> at the entrance <06607> to the tabernacle <04908>.
6You are to put <05414> the altar <04196> for the burnt offering <05930> in front <06440> of the entrance <06607> to the tabernacle <04908>, the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>.
7You are to put <05414> the large basin <03595> between <0996> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> and <0996> the altar <04196> and put <05414> water <04325> in it <08033>.
8You are to set up <07760> the courtyard <02691> around <05439> it and put <05414> the curtain <04539> at the gate <08179> of the courtyard <02691>.
9And take <03947> the anointing <04888> oil <08081>, and anoint <04886> the tabernacle <04908> and all <03605> that <0834> is in it, and sanctify <06942> it and all <03605> its furnishings <03627>, and it will be <01961> holy <06944>.
10Then you are to anoint <04886> the altar <04196> for the burnt offering <05930> with all <03605> its utensils <03627>; you are to sanctify <06942> the altar <04196>, and it will be <01961> the most <06944> holy <06944> altar <04196>.
11You must also anoint <04886> the large basin <03595> and its pedestal <03653>, and you are to sanctify <06942> it.
12“You are to bring <07126> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> to <0413> the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> and wash <07364> them with water <04325>.
13Then you are to clothe <03847> Aaron <0175> with <0854> the holy <06944> garments <0899> and anoint <04886> him and sanctify <06942> him so that he may minister as <03547> my priest <03547>.
14You are to bring <07126> his sons <01121> and clothe <03847> them with tunics <03801>
15and anoint <04886> them just as <0834> you anointed <04886> their father <01>, so that they may minister as <03547> my priests <03547>; their anointing <04888> will make <01961> them a priesthood <03550> that will continue <05769> throughout their generations <01755>.”
16This is what Moses <04872> did <06213>, according to all <03605> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> him– so <03651> he did <06213>.
17So the tabernacle <04908> was <01961> set up <06965> on the first <0259> day of the first <07223> month <02320>, in the second <08145> year <08141>.
18When Moses <04872> set up <06965> the tabernacle <04908> and put <05414> its bases <0134> in place, he set up <07760> its frames <07175>, attached <05414> its bars <01280>, and set up <06965> its posts <05982>.
19Then he spread <06566> the tent <0168> over <05921> the tabernacle <04908> and put <07760> the covering <04372> of the tent <0168> over <04605> <05921> it, as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
20He took <03947> the testimony <05715> and put <05414> it in <0413> the <0853> ark <0727>, attached <07760> the poles <0905> to <05921> the ark <0727>, and then put <05414> the <0853> atonement lid <03727> on <05921> the ark <0727>.
21And he brought <0935> the ark <0727> into <0413> the tabernacle <04908>, hung <07760> the protecting <06532> curtain <04539>, and shielded <05526> the ark <0727> of the testimony <05715> from view, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
22And he put <05414> the table <07979> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, on <05921> the north <06828> side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908>, outside <02351> the curtain <06532>.
23And he set <06186> the bread <03899> in order <06187> on <05921> it before <06440> the Lord <03068>, just <0834> as the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
24And he put <07760> the lampstand <04501> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> opposite <05227> the table <07979>, on <05921> the south <05045> side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908>.
25Then he set up <05927> the lamps <05216> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
26And he put <07760> the gold <02091> altar <04196> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> in front of <06440> the curtain <06532>,
27and he burned <06999> fragrant <05561> incense <07004> on <05921> it, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
28Then he put <07760> the curtain <04539> at the entrance <06607> to the tabernacle <04908>.
29He also put <07760> the altar <04196> for the burnt offering <05930> by the entrance <06607> to the tabernacle <04908>, the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and offered <05927> on <05921> it the burnt offering <05930> and the meal offering <04503>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
30Then he put <07760> the large basin <03595> between <0996> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> and <0996> the altar <04196> and put <05414> water <04325> in it for washing <07364>.
31Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> would wash <07364> their hands <03027> and their feet <07272> from <04480> it.
32Whenever they entered <0935> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and whenever they approached <07126> the altar <04196>, they would wash <07364>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.
33And he set up <06965> the courtyard <02691> around <05439> the tabernacle <04908> and the altar <04196>, and put <05414> the curtain <04539> at the gate <08179> of the courtyard <02691>. So Moses <04872> finished <03615> the work <04399>.
34Then the cloud <06051> covered <03680> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> filled <04390> the tabernacle <04908>.
35Moses <04872> was not <03808> able <03201> to enter <0935> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> because <03588> the cloud <06051> settled <07931> on <05921> it and the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> filled <04390> the tabernacle <04908>.
36But when the cloud <06051> was lifted up <05927> from <05921> the tabernacle <04908>, the Israelites <03478> <01121> would set <05265> out on all <03605> their journeys <04550>;
37but if <0518> the cloud <06051> was not <03808> lifted up <05927>, then they would not <03808> journey <05265> further until <05704> the day <03117> it was lifted up <05927>.
38For <03588> the cloud <06051> of the Lord <03068> was on <05921> the tabernacle <04908> by day <03119>, but fire <0784> would be <01961> on it at night <03915>, in plain view <05869> of all <03605> the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, throughout all <03605> their journeys <04550>.