12. “Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
13. Clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he can serve Me as a priest.
14. Have his sons come forward and clothe them in tunics.
15. Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will serve to inaugurate a permanent priesthood for them throughout their generations.”
16. Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
17. The tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.
18. Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
19. Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
20. Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.
21. He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.
22. Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.