Exodus 40 · Parashat Pekudei

And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

And thou shalt put in it the ark of the Testimony, and hang the veil before the ark.

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light its lamps.

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

And thou shalt set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen at the court gate,

and thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its vessels: and it shall be holy.

And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

And thou shalt anoint the laver and its pedestal, and sanctify it.

And thou shalt bring Aharon and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

And thou shalt put upon Aharon the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

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

Thus did Moshe: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was erected.

And Moshe erected the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.

And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the covering above upon the ark:

and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the Testimony; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he put the table in the Tent of Meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moshe.

And he put the candlestick in the Tent of Meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil:

and he burnt sweet incense upon it as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he set up the screen at the door of the tabernacle.

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water there, for washing.

And Moshe and Aharon and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

when they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he erected the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the court gate. So Moshe finished the work.

Then a cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

And Moshe was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Yisra᾽el went onward in all their journeys:

but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Yisra᾽el, throughout all their journeys.