Exodus 40:1–16

The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged

40Then the Lord ^aspoke to Moses, saying: ²“On the first day of the ^bfirst month you shall set up ^cthe tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ^3dYou shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and ¹partition off the ark with the veil. ^4eYou shall bring in the table and ^farrange the things that are to be set in order on it; ^gand you shall bring in the lampstand and ²light its lamps. ^5hYou shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. ⁶Then you shall set the ⁱaltar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ⁷And ^jyou shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. ⁸You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

⁹“And you shall take the anointing oil, and ^kanoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰You shall ^lanoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. ^mThe altar shall be most holy. ¹¹And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.

¹²ⁿ“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. ¹³You shall put the holy ^ogarments on Aaron, ^pand anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. ¹⁴And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. ¹⁵You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be ^qan everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁶Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.