¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

² On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;

³ and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony,—and shalt screen the ark with the veil;

⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon,—and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof;

⁵ and thou shalt place the altar of gold for incense, before the ark of the testimony,—and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation;

⁶ and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice,—before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting;

⁷ and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water,

⁸ And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the habitation and all that is therein,—and shalt hallow it. and all the furniture thereof so shall it be holy.

¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils,—and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:

¹¹ and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand,—and shalt hallow it.

¹² And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,—and shalt bathe them in the water;

¹³ and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments,—and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me.

¹⁴ His sons also, shalt thou bring near,—and shalt clothe them with tunics;

¹⁵ and shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me,—so shall their anointing remain to them for an age-abiding priesthood, to their generations.

¹⁶ And Moses did,—according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he.

¹⁷ Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.

¹⁸ Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars,—and reared its pillars.

¹⁹ Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁰ And he took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark,—and placed the propitiatory upon the ark, above;

²¹ and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²² And he placed the table in the tent of meeting,—on the side of the habitation northward,—outside the veil;

²³ and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁴ And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table,—on the side of the habitation southward;

²⁵ and mounted the lamps before Yahweh,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting,—before the veil;

²⁷ and burned thereupon the fragrant incense,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;

²⁹ and, the altar of ascending-sacrifice, put he at the entrance of the habitation of the tent of meeting,—and he caused to ascend thereupon the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

³⁰ And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar,—and put therein water for bathing;

³¹ and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat,—their hands and their feet;

³² when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

³³ And he reared the court round about to the habitation and to the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court,—and Moses finished the work.

³⁴ Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting,—and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation;

³⁵ and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon,—and the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation.

³⁶ And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings;

³⁷ but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward—until the day when it did ascend.

³⁸ For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation by day, and, a fire, came to be by night therein,—in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeyings.