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Exodus 40 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Tabernacle Erected

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:1 - The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8 - And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:11 - You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:14 - You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:16 - This Moses did; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:23 - and arranged the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:31 - with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32 - When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the Lord

(Exo 13:21, 22; Num 9:15–23 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:36 - Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:37 - But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
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