Exodus 40 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Tabernacle Erected

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Exo 40:2“On the first day of the first month you shall set up the [fn]tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:3“You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil.

Exo 40:4“Then you shall bring in the table and arrange [fn]what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and [fn]mount its lamps.

Exo 40:5

Exo 40:5“You shall also set the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle.

Exo 40:6

Exo 40:6“And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exo 40:7

Exo 40:7“Then you shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water [fn]in it.

Exo 40:8

Exo 40:8“You shall also set up the courtyard all around and [fn]hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard.

Exo 40:9

Exo 40:9“Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its [fn]furnishings; and it shall be holy.

Exo 40:10

Exo 40:10“You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

Exo 40:11

Exo 40:11“And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

Exo 40:12

Exo 40:12“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Exo 40:13

Exo 40:13“And you shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve as a priest to Me.

Exo 40:14

Exo 40:14“You shall also bring his sons and put tunics on them;

Exo 40:15

Exo 40:15and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will [fn]qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Exo 40:16

Exo 40:16So Moses did these things; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

Exo 40:17

Now in the first^H7223 month^H2320 [fn]of the second^H8145 year^H8141, on the first^H259 day of the month^H2320, the [fn]tabernacle^H4908 was erected^H6965.

Exo 40:18

Exo 40:18Moses erected the tabernacle and [fn]laid its bases, and set up its boards, and [fn]inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.

Exo 40:19

Exo 40:19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent [fn]on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:20

Exo 40:20Then he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and [fn]attached the poles to the ark, and put the [fn]atoning cover [fn]on top of the ark.

Exo 40:21

Exo 40:21He then brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil for the covering, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:22

Exo 40:22He also put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Exo 40:23

Exo 40:23And he set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:24

Exo 40:24Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

Exo 40:25

Exo 40:25And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:26

Exo 40:26Then he placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;

Exo 40:27

Exo 40:27and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:28

Exo 40:28Then he set up the curtain for the doorway of the tabernacle.

Exo 40:29

Exo 40:29And he set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:30

Exo 40:30He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.

Exo 40:31

Exo 40:31From it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.

Exo 40:32

Exo 40:32When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exo 40:33

Exo 40:33And he erected the courtyard all around the [fn]tabernacle and the altar, and [fn]hung up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

The Glory of the LORD

(Exo 13:21, 22; Num 9:15–23 )

Exo 40:34

Then the cloud^H6051 covered^H3680 the tent^H168 of meeting^H4150, and the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 filled^H4390 the tabernacle^H4908.

Exo 40:35

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

Exo 40:36

Exo 40:36Throughout their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out;

Exo 40:37

Exo 40:37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.

Exo 40:38

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

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NASB20 Footnotes

(40:2)

Or dwelling place

(40:4)

Lit its arrangement

Or light

Lit there

Lit put the screen

Or utensils

Lit be for them

Lit in

Lit dwelling place

Lit put

Lit put

Lit over it above

Lit set

Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement

(40:20)

Lit over the ark above

(40:33)

Or dwelling place

(40:33)

Lit put the screen

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