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Exodus 40 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Exo 40:1

Exo 40:1And the Lord said to Moses,

Exo 40:2

Exo 40:2On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.

Exo 40:3

Exo 40:3And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

Exo 40:4

Exo 40:4And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.

Exo 40:5

Exo 40:5And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

Exo 40:6

Exo 40:6And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.

Exo 40:7

Exo 40:7And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

Exo 40:8

Exo 40:8And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

Exo 40:9

Exo 40:9And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:

Exo 40:10

Exo 40:10And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.

Exo 40:11

Exo 40:11And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.

Exo 40:12

Exo 40:12Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

Exo 40:13

Exo 40:13You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.

Exo 40:14

Exo 40:14And take his sons with him and put coats on them;

Exo 40:15

Exo 40:15And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.

Exo 40:16

Exo 40:16And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.

Exo 40:17

Exo 40:17So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.

Exo 40:18

Exo 40:18Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;

Exo 40:19

Exo 40:19Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

Exo 40:20

Exo 40:20And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

Exo 40:21

Exo 40:21And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.

Exo 40:22

Exo 40:22And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.

Exo 40:23

Exo 40:23And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.

Exo 40:24

Exo 40:24The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:

Exo 40:25

Exo 40:25Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.

Exo 40:26

Exo 40:26And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

Exo 40:27

Exo 40:27Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

Exo 40:28

Exo 40:28And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.

Exo 40:29

Exo 40:29And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

Exo 40:30

Exo 40:30And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.

Exo 40:31

Exo 40:31In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,

Exo 40:32

Exo 40:32Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Exo 40:33

Exo 40:33And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.

The Glory of the LORD

(Exo 13:21, 22; Num 9:15–23 )

Exo 40:34

Exo 40:34Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

Exo 40:35

Exo 40:35So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

Exo 40:36

Exo 40:36And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

Exo 40:37

Exo 40:37But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

Exo 40:38

Exo 40:38For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.
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