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.
15. Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.
16. And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,
17. and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
18. And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
19. And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
20. And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
21. arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
22. And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
23. setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.