Exodus
Chapter 40
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1God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. spoke to Moses:
2“On the day of the first month, on the first of the month, you shall raise the dwelling of the tent of meeting.
3You shall put the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest. there, and you shall screen the chest with the curtain.
4You shall bring in the table and arrange its arrangement. You shall bring in the lampstand and raise its lamps.
5You shall put the gold altar for incense in front of the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest., and you shall set the screen of the entrance for the dwelling.
6You shall put the altar of the whole offering in front of the entrance of the dwelling of the tent of meeting.
7You shall put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water there.
8You shall set the courtyard all around, and you shall put the screen of the courtyard gate in place.
9You shall take the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil and To pour oil on someone or something to set them apart for God. the dwelling and everything in it, and set it apart, and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.
10You shall To pour oil on someone or something to set them apart for God. the altar of the whole offering and all its utensils, and set the altar apart, and the altar shall be a holy of holies.
11You shall To pour oil on someone or something to set them apart for God. the basin and its stand, and set it apart.
12You shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
13You shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments, To pour oil on someone or something to set them apart for God. him, and set him apart, and he shall serve me as priest.
14You shall bring his sons near and clothe them with tunics.
15You shall To pour oil on someone or something to set them apart for God. them as you Set apart for God by having oil poured on. their father, and they shall serve me as priests. Their Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. shall be for them a priesthood for the ages, throughout their generations.”
16Moses did so. According to all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded him, so he did.
17In the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, the dwelling was raised.
18Moses raised the dwelling. He put its bases in place, set its frames, put in its bars, and raised its pillars.
19He spread the tent over the dwelling and put the covering of the tent on it, above, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
20He took, and he put the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest. into the chest, set the poles on the chest, and put the cover on the chest, above.
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“He took” has no object in the Hebrew. The next verb names the Testimony. The gap is left.
21He brought the chest into the dwelling, set the screen curtain, and screened the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest., as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
22He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the dwelling, outside the curtain.
23He arranged on it an arrangement of bread before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
24He set the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the dwelling.
25He raised the lamps before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
26He set the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the curtain.
27He burned spiced incense on it, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
28He set the screen of the entrance for the dwelling.
29The altar of the whole offering he set at the entrance of the dwelling of the tent of meeting, and he offered on it the whole offering and the grain gift, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
30He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water there, for washing.
31Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it.
32When they went into the tent of meeting and when they came near the altar, they washed, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
33He raised the courtyard around the dwelling and the altar, and he put the screen of the courtyard gate in place. Moses finished the work.
34The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. filled the dwelling.
35Moses was not able to go into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had settled on it and the glory of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. filled the dwelling.
36Whenever the cloud lifted from over the dwelling, the sons of Israel would set out, in all their stages.
37If the cloud did not lift, they did not set out, until the day it lifted.
38For the cloud of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. was on the dwelling by day, and fire was in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, in all their stages.