Instructions for the Dwelling

Set up the dwelling · Exodus 40

Story guide: Moses listens to the instructions for setting up the dwelling and arranging its furnishings.

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.

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