17. So on the first day of the first month of the second year after they left Egypt, the Tent of the Lord's presence was set up.
18. Moses put down its bases, set up its frames, attached its crossbars, and put up its posts.
19. He spread out the covering over the Tent and put the outer covering over it, just as the Lord had commanded.
20. Then he took the two stone tablets and put them in the Covenant Box. He put the poles in the rings of the box and put the lid on it.
21. Then he put the box in the Tent and hung up the curtain. In this way he screened off the Covenant Box, just as the Lord had commanded.
22. He put the table in the Tent, on the north side outside the curtain,
23. and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded.
24. He put the lampstand in the Tent, on the south side, opposite the table,
25. and there in the Lord's presence he lit the lamps, just as the Lord had commanded.
26. He put the gold altar in the Tent, in front of the curtain,
27. and burnt the sweet-smelling incense, just as the Lord had commanded.
28. He hung the curtain at the entrance of the Tent,
29. and there in front of the curtain he placed the altar for burning offerings. On it he sacrificed the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the Lord had commanded.
30. He put the washbasin between the Tent and the altar and filled it with water.
31. Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there
32. whenever they went into the Tent or to the altar, just as the Lord had commanded.
33. Moses set up the enclosure round the Tent and the altar and hung the curtain at the entrance of the enclosure. So he finished all the work.
34. Then the cloud covered the Tent and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence filled it.