13. Then put the holy clothes on Aaron. Pour the special oil on him, and give him for service to God so that he may serve me as a priest.
14. Bring Aaron’s sons and put the inner robes on them.
15. Pour the special oil on them in the same way that you appointed their father as priest so that they may also serve me as priests. Pouring oil on them will make them a family of priests, they and their descendants from now on.”
16. Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him.
17. So the Holy Tent was set up on the first day of the first month during the second year after they left Egypt.
18. When Moses set up the Holy Tent, he put the bases in place, and he put the frames on the bases. Next he put the crossbars through the rings of the frames and set up the posts.
19. After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded.
20. Moses put the stone tablets that had the Agreement written on them into the Ark. He put the poles through the rings of the Ark and put the lid on it.
21. Next he brought the Ark into the Tent and hung the curtain to cover the Ark, just as the Lord commanded him.
22. Moses put the table in the Meeting Tent on the north side of the Holy Tent in front of the curtain.
23. Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded him.
24. Moses put the lampstand in the Meeting Tent on the south side of the Holy Tent across from the table.
25. Then he put the lamps on the lampstand before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded him.
26. Moses put the gold altar for burning incense in the Meeting Tent in front of the curtain.
27. Then he burned sweet-smelling incense on it, just as the Lord commanded him.
28. Then he hung the curtain at the entrance to the Holy Tent.