Set up the dwelling

1Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2On the first day of the first month, you shall set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

3And you shall place there the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the curtain.

4Then you shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5And you shall place the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and you shall set the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle.

6And you shall place the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

7And you shall place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water there.

8And you shall set up the courtyard all around, and put up the screen for the gate of the courtyard.

9Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and you shall consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

10You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and you shall consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11You shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

12Then bring Aaron and his sons near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

13And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you shall anoint him and consecrate him, and he shall serve as priest to me.

14And you shall bring near his sons and clothe them with tunics.

15You shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to me. And their anointing shall be for them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

16And Moses did according to all that Yahweh commanded him; so he did.