Lexham English Bible

Exodus 40:5-22 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5. And you will put the gold altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and you will set up the entrance screen for the tabernacle.

6. And you will put the altar of the burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly.

7. And you will put the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water in it.

8. And you will set up the courtyard all around, and you will put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard.

9. “And you will take the anointing oil, and you will anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and you will consecrate all of its equipment, and it will be holy.

10. And you will anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all of its equipment, and you will consecrate the altar, and the altar will be a most holy thing.

11. And you will anoint the basin and its stand, and you will consecrate it.

12. And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with the water.

13. And you will clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you will anoint him, and you will consecrate him, and he will serve as a priest for me.

14. And you will bring his sons, and you will clothe them with tunics.

15. And you will anoint them as you anointed their father, and they will serve as priests for me. And their anointing will be for them to be a lasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

16. And Moses did according to all that Yahweh had commanded him; so he did.

17. In the first month of the second year, on the first of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

18. And Moses raised the tabernacle, and he placed its bases, and he set up its frames, and he placed its bars, and he raised its pillars.

19. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle; he placed the covering of the tent over it, above it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

20. And he took and he put the testimony into the ark, and he placed the poles on the ark, and he put the atonement cover on the ark, above it.

21. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and he set up the curtain of the screening, and he shielded the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

22. And he put the table in the tent of assembly on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain.