9. “Then dedicate the Tent and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy.
10. Next, dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy.
11. Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way.
12. “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent, and tell them to take a ritual bath.
13. Dress Aaron in the priestly garments, anoint him, and in this way consecrate him, so that he can serve me as priest.
14. Bring his sons and put the shirts on them.
15. Then anoint them, just as you anointed their father, so that they can serve me as priests. This anointing will make them priests for all time to come.”
16. Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded.
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.