1: GOD spoke to Moses:
2: "On the first day of the first month, set up The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.
3: Place the Chest of The Testimony in it and screen the Chest with the curtain.
4: "Bring in the Table and set it, arranging its Lampstand and lamps.
5: "Place the Gold Altar of Incense before the Chest of The Testimony and hang the curtain at the door of The Dwelling.
6: "Place the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering at the door of The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting.
7: "Place the Washbasin between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar and fill it with water.
8: "Set up the Courtyard on all sides and hang the curtain at the entrance to the Courtyard.
9: "Then take the anointing oil and anoint The Dwelling and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings so that it becomes holy.
10: Anoint the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering and all its utensils, consecrating the Altar so that it is completely holy.
11: Anoint the Washbasin and its base: consecrate it.
12: "Finally, bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
13: Dress Aaron in the sacred vestments. Anoint him. Consecrate him to serve me as priest.
14: Bring his sons and put tunics on them.
15: Anoint them, just as you anointed their father, to serve me as priests. Their anointing will bring them into a perpetual priesthood, down through the generations."
16: Moses did everything GOD commanded. He did it all.
17: On the first day of the first month of the second year, The Dwelling was set up.
18: Moses set it up: He laid its bases, erected the frames, placed the crossbars, set the posts,
19: spread the tent over The Dwelling, and put the covering over the tent, just as GOD had commanded Moses.
20: He placed The Testimony in the Chest, inserted the poles for carrying the Chest, and placed the lid, the Atonement-Cover, on it.
21: He brought the Chest into The Dwelling and set up the curtain, screening off the Chest of The Testimony, just as GOD had commanded Moses.
22: He placed the Table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of The Dwelling, outside the curtain,
23: and arranged the Bread there before GOD, just as GOD had commanded him.
24: He placed the Lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the Table on the south side of The Dwelling
25: and set up the lamps before GOD, just as GOD had 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, just as GOD had commanded him.
28: He placed the screen at the entrance to The Dwelling.
29: He set the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering at the door of The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting, and offered up the Whole-Burnt-Offerings and the Grain-Offerings, just as GOD had commanded Moses.
30: He placed the Washbasin between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar, and filled it with water for washing.
31: Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet there.
32: When they entered the Tent of Meeting and when they served at the Altar, they washed, just as GOD had commanded Moses.
33: Finally, he erected the Courtyard all around The Dwelling and the Altar, and put up the screen for the Courtyard entrance. Moses finished the work.
34: The Cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Glory of GOD filled The Dwelling.
35: Moses couldn't enter the Tent of Meeting because the Cloud was upon it, and the Glory of GOD filled The Dwelling.
36: Whenever the Cloud lifted from The Dwelling, the People of Israel set out on their travels,
37: but if the Cloud did not lift, they wouldn't set out until it did lift.
38: The Cloud of GOD was over The Dwelling during the day and the fire was in it at night, visible to all the Israelites in all their travels.