¹Then the Lord said to Moses, ²“Set up the tent (the tent of meeting) on the first day of the first month of the year. ³Place the ark containing the words of my promise inside it, and hang the canopy over the ark. ⁴Bring in the table, and arrange everything on it. Bring in the lamp stand, and set up the lamps. ⁵Put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark. Put up the screen at the entrance to the tent.

⁶“Put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁷Put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. ⁸Set up the surrounding courtyard, and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. ⁹Take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent and everything in it. In this way you will dedicate it and all its furnishings. Then it will be holy. ¹⁰Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all the utensils. In this way you will dedicate the altar, and it will be most holy. ¹¹Anoint the basin and stand, and they will be dedicated.

¹²“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them. ¹³Then dress Aaron in the holy clothes, and anoint him. In this way you will dedicate him to serve me as priest. ¹⁴Have his sons come forward, and dress them in their linen robes. ¹⁵Anoint them to serve me as priests, as you anointed their father. Their anointing will begin a permanent priesthood for them for generations to come.”

Moses Sets Up the Tent

¹⁶Moses did everything as the Lord commanded him.

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