12. “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
13. Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.
14. Bring his sons and dress them in tunics.
15. Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”
16. Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.
17. So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
18. When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.
19. Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the Lord commanded him.
20. He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.
21. Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the Lord commanded him.
22. Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain
23. and set out the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.
24. He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
25. and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.
26. Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain
27. and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord commanded him.
28. Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.