Exodus 40

Exodus 40:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Exodus 40:2 “On the first day of the first month you should put up the tabernacle of the conference tent.

Exodus 40:3 And you should put in it the ark of the reminder, and you should hide the ark with the veil.

Exodus 40:4 And you should bring in the table and arrange it, and you should bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

Exodus 40:5 And you should put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the reminder and set up the partition for the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:6 You should set the altar of ascending offering before the door of the tabernacle of the conference tent,

Exodus 40:7 and place the basin between the conference tent and the altar and put water in it.

Exodus 40:8 And you should set up the court all around and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.

Exodus 40:9 “Then you should take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become sacred.

Exodus 40:10 You should also anoint the altar of ascending offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most sacred.

Exodus 40:11 You should also anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it.

Exodus 40:12 Then you should bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the conference tent and should wash them with water

Exodus 40:13 and put on Aaron the sacred uniform. And you should anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve me as priest.

Exodus 40:14 You should bring his sons also and put coats on them,

Exodus 40:15 and anoint them, just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing should admit them to a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Exodus 40:16 This Moses did; according to all that Yahveh instructed him, so he did.

Exodus 40:17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

Exodus 40:18 Moses set up the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.

Exodus 40:19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as Yahveh had instructed Moses.

Exodus 40:20 He took the reminder and put it into the ark and put the poles on the ark and placed the propitiatory lid above on the ark.

Exodus 40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the reminder, as Yahveh had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:22 He put the table in the conference tent, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,

Exodus 40:23 and arranged the bread on it before Yahveh, as Yahveh had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:24 He put the lampstand in the conference tent, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 40:25 and set up the lamps before Yahveh, as Yahveh had instructed Moses.

Exodus 40:26 He put the golden altar in the conference tent before the veil,

Exodus 40:27 and burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahveh had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:28 He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:29 And he set the altar of ascending offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the conference tent and offered on it the ascending offering and the grain offering, as Yahveh had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:30 He set the basin between the conference tent and the altar, and put water in it for washing,

Exodus 40:31 with which Moses and Aaron and his sons were to their hands and their feet.

Exodus 40:32 When they went into the conference tent, and when they approached the altar, they would wash, as Yahveh had instructed Moses.

Exodus 40:33 And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So, Moses finished the work.

Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the conference tent, and the glory of Yahveh filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:35 And Moses was not able to enter the conference tent because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of Yahveh filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:36 Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud ascended from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.

Exodus 40:37 But if the cloud had not ascended, then they did not set out till the day that it ascended.

Exodus 40:38 Because the cloud of Yahveh was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.

Exodus 40 quotes:

“The Tent of the Congregation (Exodus 40:34-35)— This was to be the place where the congregation gathered together at the door for festival days and worship. Even as they gathered unto the door of the Tabernacle, so also we gather to the Door, the Lord Jesus Christ who declared, ‘I am the door.’”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 9.

“Because the tabernacle was built to be transportable, the people realized from the beginning that God did not need nor intend to stay rooted in any one particular geographic place. The Book of Exodus concludes with these words: “For the cloud of the. Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and the fire was in the cloud by night.”

March, W. Eugene. Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. Abingdon Press, 2012. p. 48.

“Moses and his band of co-workers were able within the space of one year to erect the tabernacle according to the plan and thoughts of God. They experienced that most holy moment when the cloud of the glory of God filled the dwelling place. Thus, a holy place was made and dedicated where the Eternal One could have wonderful fellowship with His redeemed people (Exodus 40:34-38).”

Kiene, Paul F. The Tabernacle of God in the Wilderness of Sinai. Zondervan Pub. House, 1977. p. 23.