15 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.
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first dayof the month, that
the tabernacle was reared up.
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.
19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above
upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
20 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:
21 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.
22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the vail.
23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle southward.
25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
28 And he set up the hanging atthe door of the tabernacle.
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering bythe 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.
30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there,
to wash withal.
31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar,
they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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.
34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle.
35 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.
36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went
onward in all their journeys:
37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38 For the cloud of the LORD wasupon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the
sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.