1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2“On the first day of the first month…
3You shall put the ark of the covenant…
4You shall bring in the table, and set…
5You shall set the golden altar for incense…
6“You shall set the altar of burnt offering…
7You shall set the basin between the Tent…
8You shall set up the court around it,…
9“You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint…
10You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering,…
11You shall anoint the basin and its base,…
12“You shall bring Aaron and his sons to…
13You shall put on Aaron the holy garments;…
14You shall bring his sons, and put tunics…
15You shall anoint them, as you anointed their…
16Moses did so. According to all that the…
17In the first month in the second year,…
18Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its…
19He spread the covering over the tent, and…
20He took and put the covenant into the…
21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and…
22He put the table in the Tent of…
23He set the bread in order on it…
24He put the lamp stand in the Tent…
25He lit the lamps before the LORD, as…
26He put the golden altar in the Tent…
27and he burned incense of sweet spices on…
28He put up the screen of the door…
29He set the altar of burnt offering at…
30He set the basin between the Tent of…
31Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands…
32When they went into the Tent of Meeting,…
33He raised up the court around the tabernacle…
34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting,…
35Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent…
36When the cloud was taken up from over…
37but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then…
38For the cloud of the LORD was on…
