20. He took the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant and placed them inside the Ark. Then he attached the carrying poles to the Ark, and he set the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—on top of it.
21. Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the lord had commanded him.
22. Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain.
23. And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the lord, just as the lord had commanded him.
24. He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.
25. Then he lit the lamps in the lord’s presence, just as the lord had commanded him.
26. He also placed the gold incense altar in the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place in front of the inner curtain.
27. On it he burned the fragrant incense, just as the lord had commanded him.
28. He hung the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle,
29. and he placed the altar of burnt offering near the Tabernacle entrance. On it he offered a burnt offering and a grain offering, just as the lord had commanded him.
30. Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves.
31. Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons used water from it to wash their hands and feet.
32. Whenever they approached the altar and entered the Tabernacle, they washed themselves, just as the lord had commanded Moses.
33. Then he hung the curtains forming the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar. And he set up the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard. So at last Moses finished the work.
34. Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the lord filled the Tabernacle.
35. Moses could no longer enter the Tabernacle because the cloud had settled down over it, and the glory of the lord filled the Tabernacle.
36. Now whenever the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey, following it.
37. But if the cloud did not rise, they remained where they were until it lifted.
38. The cloud of the lord hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.