Exodus 40:9-31

⁹Then take the oil for anointing, and anoint the Sacred Tent and everything that is in it, to ◄set it apart/dedicate it► to me. Then it will be holy/sacred.

¹⁰Also anoint the altar for offering sacrifices that will be completely burned, and all the things that will be used with it, and set it apart. Then it also will be holy/sacred.

¹¹Also anoint the washbasin and its base, to set it apart.

¹²Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and wash them ritually with water.

¹³Then put on Aaron his sacred clothes to ◄set him apart/dedicate him►, in order that he can serve me as a priest.

¹⁴Also bring his sons there. Put their sacred tunics/gowns on them

¹⁵and anoint them just as you anointed their father, in order that they also may serve me by working as priests. By anointing them and their descendants, you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all coming generations.”

¹⁶Moses/I did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

¹⁷On the first day of the first month of the next year (OR, second year after they/we left Egypt), the people set up the Sacred Tent.

¹⁸Following Moses'/my instructions, they set up the Sacred Tent and its bases, set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts for the curtains.

¹⁹Then they spread out the coverings over the Sacred Tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.

²⁰Then he/I took the two stone slabs on which the commandments were written and put them in the sacred chest. He/I put the carrying poles in the rings on the chest and put the lid on top of the chest.

²¹Then he/I took the chest into the Holy Place inside the Sacred Tent and hung the curtain. In that way, he/I prevented the people who were outside from seeing the chest. He/I did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

²²He/I set the table inside the Sacred Tent, on the north side, outside the curtain.

²³He/I placed on the table the bread that was offered to Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.

²⁴He/I set the lampstand inside the Sacred Tent, on the south side, opposite the table.

²⁵Then he/I fastened the lamps to the lampstand in Yahweh's presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded.

²⁶He/I set the golden altar for burning incense inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place,

²⁷and he/I burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

²⁸He/I hung the curtain at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.

²⁹At the entrance to the Sacred Tent, he/I set the altar for offering sacrifices that were to be burned completely. Then he/I offered on it the meat that was to be burned completely and the grain offering, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

³⁰He/I set the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the bronze altar, and he/I filled the washbasin with water.

³¹Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet ritually, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.