| 1 | And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: |
| 2 | "In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony, |
| 3 | and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it. |
| 4 | And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps, |
| 5 | and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle, |
| 6 | and before it, the altar of holocaust. |
| 7 | The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water. |
| 8 | And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings. |
| 9 | And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified. |
| 10 | The altar of holocaust and all its vessels, |
| 11 | the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies. |
| 12 | And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water, |
| 13 | you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood." |
| 14 | And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed. |
| 15 | Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place. |
| 16 | And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns, |
| 17 | and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed. |
| 18 | And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above. |
| 19 | And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord. |
| 20 | And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil, |
| 21 | arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. |
| 22 | And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side, |
| 23 | setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord. |
| 24 | He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil, |
| 25 | and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. |
| 26 | And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, |
| 27 | and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed. |
| 28 | Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water. |
| 29 | And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet, |
| 30 | whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. |
| 31 | And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected, |
| 32 | the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it. |
| 33 | Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything. |
| 34 | Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies. |
| 35 | But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place. |
| 36 | Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places. |
