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Exodus 40 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Exo 40:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo 40:2On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness,
Exo 40:3and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,
Exo 40:4and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth [fn]that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.
Exo 40:5And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Exo 40:6And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness,
Exo 40:8and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about.
Exo 40:9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and shalt anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shalt sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.
Exo 40:10And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
Exo 40:12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water.
Exo 40:13And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.
Exo 40:14And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them.
Exo 40:15And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an [fn]everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.
Exo 40:16And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.
Exo 40:17And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.
Exo 40:18And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.
Exo 40:19And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exo 40:20And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves [fn]by the sides of the ark.
Exo 40:21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exo 40:22And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
Exo 40:23And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exo 40:24And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.
Exo 40:25And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Exo 40:26And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
Exo 40:27and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exo 40:29And he put the altar of the burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.
Exo 40:30(LXX 38:27) And he made the laver, that [fn]at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed [fn]at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exo 40:33And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.
Exo 40:34And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.
Exo 40:35And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.
Exo 40:36And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel [fn]prepared to depart with their baggage.
Exo 40:37And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.
Exo 40:38For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their [fn]journeyings.
BES Footnotes
Lit. setting forth of it.
See 1 John 2:27; The anointing abideth, etc.
Gr. under.
Gr. of it.
Gr. of it.
Gr. harnessed again.
Or, preparations, etc.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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