Chapter 40

According to God's commandment Moyses erecteth the Tabernacle, with all things appertaining, the first day of the second year after their delivery from Ægypt. ℣.32 God replenisheth the same with his Majesty, a cloud remaining over it by day, and a pillar of fire by night, but when they shall march, the same passeth before them.

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   And Our Lord spake to Moyses, saying:

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   month, thou shalt erect the tabernacle of The first month, the first day of the the testimony,

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   & shalt put in it the ark, and shalt let down before it the veil:

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   & bringing in the table, thou shalt set upon it the things that are commanded after the rite. The candlestick shall stand with the lamps thereof,

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   and the altar of gold whereon the incense is burned, before the ark of testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,

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   and before it the altar of holocaust:

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   the laver between the altar and the tabernacle, which thou shalt fill with water.

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   And thou shalt compass about the court with hangings, & the entry thereof.

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   And taking the oil of unction thou shalt anoint the tabernacle with the vessel thereof, that they may be sanctified:

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    the altar of holocaust and all the vessel thereof:

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    the laver with the foot thereof; all shalt thou consecrate with the oil of unction, that they may be most Holy.

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    And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of testimony, and having washed them with water,

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    thou shalt revest them with the sacred vestments, that they may minister to me, and the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood

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    And Moyses did all things which our Lord had commanded.

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    Therefore the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was placed.

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    And Moyses erected it, and put the boards and feet and bars, and reared the pillars,

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    and spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as our Lord had commanded.

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    He put also the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

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    And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew before it the veil to fulfill the commandment of our Lord.

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    He set the table also in the tabernacle of testimony at the north side without the veil,

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    ordering the bread of proposition before it, as our Lord had commanded Moyses.

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    He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of testimony over against the table on the south side,

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    placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of our Lord.

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    He set also the altar of gold under the roof of testimony against the veil,

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    and burned upon it the incense of spices, as our Lord had commanded Moyses.

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    He put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of testimony,

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    and the altar of holocaust in the entry of the testimony, offering on it the holocaust, and the sacrifices, as our Lord had commanded.

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    The laver also he set between the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

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    And Moyses and Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet,

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    when they entered the roof of covenant, and went to the altar, as our Lord had commanded Moyses.

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    He erected also the court, round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfited,

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    the cloud covered the tabernacle of testimony, and the glory of our Lord filled it.

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    Neither could Moyses enter the roof of covenant, the cloud covering all things, and the majesty of our Lord shining, because the cloud had covered all things.

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    If at any time the cloud did leave the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:

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    If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

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    For the cloud of our Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.