1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. "In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,
3. and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
4. And having brought in the table, you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it. The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,
5. and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
6. and before it, the altar of holocaust.
7. The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.
8. And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.
9. And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.
10. The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,
11. the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.
12. And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,
13. you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood."
14. And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.