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⥃Setting Up the Tabernacle ^{[ Acts 7:44–47 † Hebrews 9:1–10 ]}

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] On the first day of the first month² shalt thou set up the tabernacle³ of the tent of the congregation. [3] And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.⁴ [4] And thou shalt bring in the table⁵, and set in order the things that⁶ are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick⁷, and light the lamps thereof. [5] And thou shalt set the altar⁸ of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put⁹ the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. [6] And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.¹⁰ [7] And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.¹¹ [8] And thou shalt set up the court¹² round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. [9] And thou shalt take the anointing oil¹³, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that [is] therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. [10] And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify¹⁴ the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy¹⁵. [11] And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. [12] And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.¹⁶ [13] And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him¹⁷, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. [14] And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:¹⁸ [15] 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 everlasting¹⁹ priesthood throughout their generations. [16] Thus did Moses: according²⁰ to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

[17] [¶]And it came to pass in the first month²¹ in the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up. [18] And Moses reared²² up the tabernacle, and fastened²³ his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. [19] And he spread abroad the tent²⁴ over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.

[20] [¶]And he took and put the testimony²⁵ into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy²⁶ seat above upon the ark: [21] And he brought²⁷ the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered²⁸ the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.

[22] [¶]And he put²⁹ the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward³⁰, without the vail. [23] And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.³¹

[24] [¶]And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.³² [25] And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.³³

[26] [¶]And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:³⁴ [27] And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.³⁵

[28] [¶]And he set up the hanging [at] the door of the tabernacle.³⁶ [29] And he put the altar³⁷ of burnt offering [by] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered³⁸ upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.

[30] [¶]And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].³⁹ [31] And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed⁴⁰ their hands and their feet thereat: [32] When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord⁴¹ commanded Moses. [33] And he reared up the court⁴² round about the tabernacle⁴³ and the altar, and set up the hanging⁴⁴ of the court gate. So Moses⁴⁵ finished the work.

⥃The Cloud and the Glory ^{[ Numbers 9:15–23 ]}

[34] Then a cloud⁴⁶ covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. [35] And 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.⁴⁷ [36] And when⁴⁸ the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward⁴⁹ in all their journeys: [37] But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.⁵⁰ [38] For the cloud⁵¹ of the Lord [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire⁵² was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.