13. Dress Aaron in the sacred clothes. Anoint him and set him apart. Then he will be able to serve me as priest.
14. "Bring his sons and dress them in their inner robes.
15. Anoint them just as you anointed their father. Then they will be able to serve me as priests. They will be anointed to do the work of priests. That work will last for all time to come."
16. Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
17. So the holy tent was set up. It was the first day of the first month in the second year.
18. Moses set up the holy tent. He put the bases in place. He put the frames in them. He put in the crossbars. He set up the posts.
19. He spread the holy tent over the frames. Then he put the coverings over the tent. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
20. He got the tablets of the covenant. He placed them in the ark. He put the poles through its rings. And he put the cover on it. The cover was the place where sin is paid for.
21. Moses brought the ark into the holy tent. He hung the curtain to screen the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
22. He placed the table for the holy bread in the Tent of Meeting. It was on the north side of the holy tent outside the curtain.
23. He arranged the loaves of bread on it in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
24. He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting. It stood across from the table on the south side of the holy tent.
25. He set up the lamps in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.