1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2On the day of the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall erect the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.3You shall place the ark of the testimony there and cover the ark with the curtain.4You shall bring in the table and arrange its articles; you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.5You shall place the gold altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and you shall set the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle.6You shall place the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.7You shall place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water there.8You shall set up the court around it and place the screen for the gate of the court.9You shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; you shall consecrate it and all its articles, and it shall be holy.10You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its articles; you shall consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.11You shall anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it.12You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.13You shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, consecrate him, and he shall serve me as priest.14You shall bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.15You shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, and they shall serve me as priests; their anointing shall be theirs as a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.16Moses did according to all that the LORD had commanded him; thus he did.17In the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.18Moses erected the tabernacle, set its bases, positioned its frames, placed its bars, and set up its pillars.19He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it from above, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.20He took the testimony and put it into the ark, set the poles on the ark, and placed the mercy seat on the ark from above.21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the screening curtain, and screened the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.22He placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain.23He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.24He set the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle.25He lit the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.26He placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting before the curtain.27He burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.28He set the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle.29He set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.30He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.31Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it.32Whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.33He set up the court around the tabernacle and the altar and hung the screen for the gate of the court; thus Moses completed the work.