Exodus 40 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Tabernacle Erected

Exo 40:1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Exo 40:2On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.

Exo 40:4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

Exo 40:5

Exo 40:5And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

Exo 40:6

Exo 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:7

Exo 40:7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

Exo 40:8

Exo 40:8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

Exo 40:9

Exo 40:9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy.

Exo 40:10

Exo 40:10And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.

Exo 40:11

Exo 40:11And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

Exo 40:12

Exo 40:12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.

Exo 40:13

Exo 40:13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

Exo 40:14

Exo 40:14And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them;

Exo 40:15

Exo 40:15and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

Exo 40:16

Exo 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

Exo 40:17

Exo 40:17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

Exo 40:18

Exo 40:18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.

Exo 40:19

Exo 40:19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:20

Exo 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

Exo 40:21

Exo 40:21and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:22

Exo 40:22And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

Exo 40:23

Exo 40:23And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:24

Exo 40:24And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Exo 40:25

Exo 40:25And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:26

Exo 40:26And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:

Exo 40:27

Exo 40:27and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:28

Exo 40:28And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

Exo 40:29

Exo 40:29And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:30

Exo 40:30And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash.

Exo 40:31

Exo 40:31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat;

Exo 40:32

Exo 40:32when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exo 40:33

Exo 40:33And he reared up the court round about 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 )

Exo 40:34

Exo 40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

Exo 40:35

Exo 40:35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

Exo 40:36

Exo 40:36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:

Exo 40:37

Exo 40:37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Exo 40:38

Exo 40:38For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Exodus 40 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Tabernacle Erected

The Glory of the LORD

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