1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Compare verse
2 On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil. Compare verse
4 And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. Compare verse
5 And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. Compare verse
6 And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. Compare verse
7 And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein. Compare verse
8 And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. Compare verse
9 And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. Compare verse
10 And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. Compare verse
11 And you shall anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. Compare verse
12 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. Compare verse
13 And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest's office. Compare verse
14 And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: Compare verse
15 And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Compare verse
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. Compare verse
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. Compare verse
18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. Compare verse
19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark: Compare verse
21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. Compare verse
23 And he set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. Compare verse
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. Compare verse
25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil: Compare verse
27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. Compare verse
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with. Compare verse
31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: Compare verse
32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. Compare verse
33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. Compare verse
34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Compare verse
35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Compare verse
36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: Compare verse
37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. Compare verse
38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. Compare verse