The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 40 -

(Acts 7:44–47; Hebrews 9:1–10)

Then Yahweh said to Moses,

“Next year, on the first day of the first month, tell the people to set up the sacred tent.

Put inside it the sacred chest that contains the stone slabs on which are engraved the Ten Commandments, and hang its curtain in front of it.

Bring the table into the sacred tent, and place on it all the things that they made for it. Then bring in the lampstand and set the lamps in it.

Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the sacred chest, and set up the curtain at the entrance of the sacred tent.

Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the sacred tent.

Put the washbasin between the sacred tent and the altar, and fill it with water.

Hang the curtains around the courtyard, and also hang up the curtain that your workmen made for the entrance.

Then take the oil for anointing and put it on the sacred tent and everything that is in it, to set it all apart for me. Then it will be very special, reserved only for me.

Also put some of the oil on the altar on which the priests will burn the sacrifices that they will offer to me. Also put some of the oil on all the things that they will use at the altar, and set them apart for me. Then they will be special, reserved only for me.

Also put some of the oil on the washbasin and its base, to set them apart for me.

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent, and wash them with water.

Then set Aaron apart for me by putting his special clothes on him and by pouring oil on him. Do this so he may serve me as a priest who comes before me.

Also bring Aaron’s sons and put their special tunics on them;

then pour oil on them just as you did on their father. Do this so that they also may worship me as priests. By pouring oil on them, you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all their future generations.”

Moses and the men working with him did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him to do.

On the first day of the first month of the next year, the year after the people had come out of Egypt, the people set up the sacred tent.

They did what Moses told them to do; they set up the sacred tent and its bases; they set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts for the curtains.

Then they spread out the coverings over the sacred tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Then Moses took the two stone slabs on which the commandments were written and put them into the sacred chest. He caused the workmen to put the carrying poles into the rings on the chest and put the lid on top of it.

Then Moses took the chest into the holy place inside the sacred tent and hung the curtain. After he did that, the people who were outside could not see the chest. He did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him.

He caused the workmen to set the table inside the sacred tent, on the north side, outside the curtain.

They placed on the table the bread in order to display it before Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.

Moses’ workmen set the lampstand inside the sacred tent, on the south side, on the other side of the table.

Then they set the lamps on the lampstand in Yahweh’s presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.

Moses’ workmen set the gold altar for burning incense inside the sacred tent, in front of the curtain that separated the holy place from the very holy place,

and they burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.

Moses’ workmen hung the curtain at the entrance to the sacred tent.

At the entrance to the sacred tent, they placed the altar for offering sacrifices that the priests were to burn. Then they burned on it the meat and the flour that they offered, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.

They set the washbasin between the sacred tent and the bronze altar, and they filled the washbasin with water.

Every time Moses, Aaron, or Aaron’s sons went into the sacred tent or went up to the altar,

they washed their hands and feet, exactly as Yahweh had commanded them through Moses to do.

Moses’ workmen hung up the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. In this way Moses caused the people to complete all that work.

The Cloud and the Glory

(Numbers 9:15–23)

Then the tall cloud covered the sacred tent, and Yahweh’s power and brilliant light filled the sacred tent.

Because the light was very bright, Moses was not able to enter the sacred tent.

From that day, whenever the people of Israel wanted to move to another place, they went only when the cloud rose from above the sacred tent and moved on.

If the cloud did not rise, they stayed where they were and waited for the cloud to rise and move.

Wherever they traveled, the cloud that showed Yahweh’s presence was above the sacred tent during the day, and a bright fire was over it at night. All the people of Israel could see it at any time, for as long as they were traveling to the land that God had promised to give them.

(Acts 7:44–47; Hebrews 9:1–10)

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps.

You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.

You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

“You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy.

You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.

You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.

“You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.

You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.

You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

Moses did so. According to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.

In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.

Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.

He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.

He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

He lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;

and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.

Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.

When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

The Cloud and the Glory

(Numbers 9:15–23)

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.

Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.

When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;

but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.

For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.