¹⁷So the Holy Tent was set up on the first day of the first month during the second year after they left Egypt. ¹⁸When Moses set up the Holy Tent, he put the bases in place, and he put the frames on the bases. Next he put the crossbars through the rings of the frames and set up the posts. ¹⁹After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded.

²⁰Moses put the stone tablets that had the Agreement written on them into the Ark. He put the poles through the rings of the Ark and put the lid on it. ²¹Next he brought the Ark into the Tent and hung the curtain to cover the Ark, just as the Lord commanded him.

²²Moses put the table in the Meeting Tent on the north side of the Holy Tent in front of the curtain. ²³Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded him. ²⁴Moses put the lampstand in the Meeting Tent on the south side of the Holy Tent across from the table. ²⁵Then he put the lamps on the lampstand before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded him.

²⁶Moses put the gold altar for burning incense in the Meeting Tent in front of the curtain. ²⁷Then he burned sweet-smelling incense on it, just as the Lord commanded him. ²⁸Then he hung the curtain at the entrance to the Holy Tent.

²⁹He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the Holy Tent, the Meeting Tent, and offered a whole burnt offering and grain offerings on it, just as the Lord commanded him. ³⁰Moses put the bowl between the Meeting Tent and the altar for burnt offerings, and he put water in it for washing. ³¹Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons used this water to wash their hands and feet. ³²They washed themselves every time they entered the Meeting Tent and every time they went near the altar for burnt offerings, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

³³Then Moses set up the courtyard around the Holy Tent and the altar, and he put up the curtain at the entry to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

The Cloud over the Holy Tent

³⁴Then the cloud covered the Meeting Tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the Holy Tent. ³⁵Moses could not enter the Meeting Tent, because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Holy Tent.

³⁶When the cloud rose from the Holy Tent, the Israelites would begin to travel, ³⁷but as long as the cloud stayed on the Holy Tent, they did not travel. They stayed in that place until the cloud rose. ³⁸So the cloud of the Lord was over the Holy Tent during the day, and there was a fire in the cloud at night. So all the Israelites could see the cloud while they traveled.

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