Exodus

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

"On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation."

"And you shall put therein the ark of the Testimony, and cover the ark with the veil."

"And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and light the lamps thereof."

"And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle."

"And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation."

"And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein."

"And you shall set up the courtyard round about, and hang up the hanging at the courtyard gate."

"And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy."

"And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy."

"And you shall anoint the laver and its foot, and sanctify it."

"And you shall bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water."

"And you shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office."

"And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:"

"And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."

Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark.

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the Testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him.

Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain

and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD commanded him.

Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.

He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing,

and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.

They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;

but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out, until the day it lifted.

So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.