¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

On the first day of the first month¹ shalt thou set up the tabernacle² of the tent of the congregation.

³And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

And thou shalt bring in the table⁴, and set in order the things that⁵ are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick⁶, and light the lamps thereof.

And thou shalt set the altar⁷ of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put⁸ the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

⁹And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

¹⁰And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

And thou shalt set up the court¹¹ round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

And thou shalt take the anointing oil¹², and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

¶ And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify¹³ the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy¹⁴.

And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

¹⁵And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,¹⁶ and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

¹⁷And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting¹⁸ priesthood throughout their generations.

¶ Thus did Moses: according¹⁹ to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

And it came to pass in the first month²⁰ in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

And Moses reared²¹ up the tabernacle, and fastened²² his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

And he spread abroad the tent²³ over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

¶ And he took and put the testimony²⁴ into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy²⁵ seat above upon the ark:

And he brought²⁶ the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered²⁷ the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he put²⁸ the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward²⁹, without the vail.

³⁰And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³¹And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

³²And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

³³And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:

³⁴And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

³⁵And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

And he put the altar³⁶ of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered³⁷ upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

¶³⁸And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed³⁹ their hands and their feet thereat:

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD⁴⁰ commanded Moses.

And he reared up the court⁴¹ round about the tabernacle⁴² and the altar, and set up the hanging⁴³ of the court gate. So Moses⁴⁴ finished the work.

¶ Then a cloud⁴⁵ covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

⁴⁶And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And when⁴⁷ the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward⁴⁸ in all their journeys:

⁴⁹But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

For the cloud⁵⁰ of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire⁵¹ was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.