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Exodus 40

Young’s Literal Translation

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1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Select Exodus 40:1

2`On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,Select Exodus 40:2

3and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,Select Exodus 40:3

4and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up.Select Exodus 40:4

5`And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,Select Exodus 40:5

6and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,Select Exodus 40:6

7and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there.Select Exodus 40:7

8`And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,Select Exodus 40:8

9and hast taken the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it hath been holy;Select Exodus 40:9

10and thou hast anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar hath been most holy;Select Exodus 40:10

11and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it.Select Exodus 40:11

12`And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;Select Exodus 40:12

13and thou hast clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and anointed him, and sanctified him, and he hath acted as priest to Me.Select Exodus 40:13

14`And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats,Select Exodus 40:14

15and anointed them as thou hast anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing hath been to be to them for a priesthood age-during, to their generations.'Select Exodus 40:15

16And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.Select Exodus 40:16

17And it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been raised up;Select Exodus 40:17

18and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars,Select Exodus 40:18

19and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:19

20And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above;Select Exodus 40:20

21and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:21

22And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,Select Exodus 40:22

23and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:23

24And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,Select Exodus 40:24

25and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:25

26And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,Select Exodus 40:26

27and maketh perfume on it--spice-perfume--as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:27

28And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,Select Exodus 40:28

29and the altar of the burnt-offering he hath set at the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and causeth the burnt-offering to go up upon it, and the present, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:29

30And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and putteth water there for washing,Select Exodus 40:30

31and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same;Select Exodus 40:31

32in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Select Exodus 40:32

33And he raiseth up the court round about the tabernacle, and about the altar, and placeth the covering of the gate of the court; and Moses completeth the work.Select Exodus 40:33

34And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle;Select Exodus 40:34

35and Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle.Select Exodus 40:35

36And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;Select Exodus 40:36

37and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:Select Exodus 40:37

38for the cloud of Jehovah is on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.Select Exodus 40:38

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