¹⁷So the holy tent was set up. It was the first day of the first month in the second year. ¹⁸Moses set up the holy tent. He put the bases in place. He put the frames in them. He put in the crossbars. He set up the posts. ¹⁹He spread the holy tent over the frames. Then he put the coverings over the tent. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

²⁰He got the tablets of the covenant. He placed them in the ark. He put the poles through its rings. And he put the cover on it. The cover was the place where sin is paid for. ²¹Moses brought the ark into the holy tent. He hung the curtain to screen the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

²²He placed the table for the holy bread in the Tent of Meeting. It was on the north side of the holy tent outside the curtain. ²³He arranged the loaves of bread on it in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

²⁴He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting. It stood across from the table on the south side of the holy tent. ²⁵He set up the lamps in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

²⁶He placed the gold altar for burning incense in the Tent of Meeting. He placed it in front of the curtain. ²⁷He burned sweet-smelling incense on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

²⁸Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent.

²⁹He set the altar for burnt offerings near the entrance to the holy tent, the Tent of Meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

³⁰He placed the large bowl between the Tent of Meeting and the altar. He put water in the bowl for washing. ³¹Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. ³²They washed when they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar. They did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³³Then Moses set up the courtyard around the holy tent and altar. He put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses completed the work.

The Glory of the Lord

³⁴Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent. ³⁵Moses couldn’t enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent.

³⁶The people of Israel continued their travels. When the cloud lifted from above the holy tent, they started out. ³⁷But if the cloud didn’t lift, they did not start out. They stayed until the day it lifted.

³⁸So the cloud of the Lord was above the holy tent during the day. Fire was in the cloud at night. The whole community of Israel could see the cloud during all of their travels.

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