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.
26. He placed the gold altar for burning incense in the Tent of Meeting. He placed it in front of the curtain.
27. He burned sweet-smelling incense on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
28. Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent.
29. He set the altar for burnt offerings near the entrance to the holy tent, the Tent of Meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
30. He placed the large bowl between the Tent of Meeting and the altar. He put water in the bowl for washing.
31. Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.
32. They washed when they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar. They did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33. Then Moses set up the courtyard around the holy tent and altar. He put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses completed the work.
34. Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent.
35. Moses couldn't enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent.
36. The people of Israel continued their travels. When the cloud lifted from above the holy tent, they started out.
37. But if the cloud didn't lift, they did not start out. They stayed until the day it lifted.