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Exodus 40

About Exodus Exodus tells how God freed Israel from slavery in Egypt, gave the law at Sinai, and came to dwell among them.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,SelectedExodus 40:1Ask

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.SelectedExodus 40:2Ask

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.SelectedExodus 40:3Ask

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 the lamps thereof.SelectedExodus 40:4Ask

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.SelectedExodus 40:5Ask

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.SelectedExodus 40:6Ask

And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.SelectedExodus 40:7Ask

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.SelectedExodus 40:8Ask

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.SelectedExodus 40:9Ask

And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.SelectedExodus 40:10Ask

And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.SelectedExodus 40:11Ask

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.SelectedExodus 40:12Ask

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.SelectedExodus 40:13Ask

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:SelectedExodus 40:14Ask

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.SelectedExodus 40:15Ask

Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.SelectedExodus 40:16Ask

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.SelectedExodus 40:17Ask

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.SelectedExodus 40:18Ask

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:19Ask

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:SelectedExodus 40:20Ask

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:21Ask

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.SelectedExodus 40:22Ask

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:23Ask

And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.SelectedExodus 40:24Ask

And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:25Ask

And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:SelectedExodus 40:26Ask

And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:27Ask

And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.SelectedExodus 40:28Ask

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:29Ask

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.SelectedExodus 40:30Ask

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:SelectedExodus 40:31Ask

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.SelectedExodus 40:32Ask

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.SelectedExodus 40:33Ask

Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.SelectedExodus 40:34Ask

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.SelectedExodus 40:35Ask

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:SelectedExodus 40:36Ask

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.SelectedExodus 40:37Ask

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 Israel, throughout all their journeys.SelectedExodus 40:38Ask

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