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1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 `On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou  dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
3 and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast  covered over the ark with the vail,
4 and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in  order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its  lamps to go up.
5 `And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the  ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening  to the tabernacle,
6 and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the  opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
7 and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the  altar, and hast put water there.
8 `And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed  the covering of the gate of the court,
9 and hast taken the anointing oil, and anointed the  tabernacle, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all  its vessels, and it hath been holy;
10 and thou hast anointed the altar of the burnt-offering,  and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar  hath been most holy;
11 and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and  sanctified it.
12 `And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the  opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with  water;
13 and thou hast clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and  anointed him, and sanctified him, and he hath acted as priest  to Me.
14 `And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them  with coats,
15 and anointed them as thou hast anointed their father, and  they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing hath  been to be to them for a priesthood age-during, to their  generations.'
16 And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath  commanded him; so he hath done.
17 And it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second  year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been  raised up;
18 and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its  sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and  raiseth its pillars,
19 and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth  the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath  commanded Moses.
20 And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and  setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on  the ark above;
21 and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth  the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the  testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
22 And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the  side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,
23 and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread,  before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
24 And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting,  over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle  southward,
25 and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah  hath commanded Moses.
26 And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting,  before the vail,
27 and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as Jehovah  hath commanded Moses.
28 And he setteth the covering of the opening to the  tabernacle,
29 and the altar of the burnt-offering he hath set at the  opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and causeth  the burnt-offering to go up upon it, and the present, as  Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
30 And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and  the altar, and putteth water there for washing,
31 and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands  and their feet at the same;
32 in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their  drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath  commanded Moses.
33 And he raiseth up the court round about the tabernacle,  and about the altar, and placeth the covering of the gate of  the court; and Moses completeth the work.
34 And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour  of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle;
35 and Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of  meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour  of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle.
36 And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle  the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;
37 and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until  the day of its going up:
38 for the cloud of Jehovah [is] on the tabernacle by day,  and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of  Israel in all their journeys.