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Exodus 40 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged
The Tabernacle Finished
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - “You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - “You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - “And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8 - “You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - “You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:11 - “And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - “Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - “You shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:14 - “And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - “You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:16 - Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:23 - and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - and he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and he burned sweet incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:31 - and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32 - Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
The Cloud and the Glory
(Ex. 13:21, 22; Num. 9:15–23 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:36 - Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:37 - But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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