The Tabernacle Erected

Exodus 40

1 Then the LORD a spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "On the first day of the b first month you shall set up c the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 d "You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and 1 partition off the ark with the veil. 4 e "You shall bring in the table and f arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; g and you shall bring in the lampstand and 2 light its lamps. 5 h "You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 6 "Then you shall set the i altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7 "And j you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 8 "You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

9 "And you shall take the anointing oil, and k anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 10 "You shall l anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. m The altar shall be most holy. 11 "And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it. 12 n "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. 13 "You shall put the holy o garments on Aaron, p and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. 14 "And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 15 "You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be q an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."

16 Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did. 17 And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the r tabernacle was 3 raised up. 18 So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. 19 And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 20 He took s the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, t hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 22 u He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil; 23 v and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 w He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle; 25 and x he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 26 y He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil; 27 z and he burned sweet incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 28 a He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle. 29 b And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and c offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 30 d He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; 31 and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would e wash their hands and their feet with water from it. 32 Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, f as the LORD had commanded Moses. 33 g And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses h finished the work.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 25:1
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
    Exodus 31:18
    And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 12:2
    This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
    Exodus 13:4
    On this day you are going out, in the month Abib.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 26:1
    Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.
    Exodus 26:30
    And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.
    Exodus 40:17
    And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 26:33
    And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy.
    Exodus 40:21
    And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
    Leviticus 16:2
    And the LORD said to Moses: "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
    Numbers 4:5
    When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 26:35
    You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
    Exodus 40:22
    He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 25:30
    And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
    Exodus 40:23
    And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 40:24
    He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
    Exodus 40:25
    And he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 40:26
    He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 39:39
    The bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it.
    Exodus 40:30
    He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 30:26
    With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony.
    Leviticus 8:10
    Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 30:26 - 30
    With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 29:36
    And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.
    Exodus 29:37
    Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 29:4 - 9
    And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
    Leviticus 8:1 - 13
    And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 29:5
    Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the intricately woven band of the ephod.
    Exodus 39:1
    Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
    Exodus 39:41
    And the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister as priests.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 28:41
    So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
    Leviticus 8:12
    And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 29:9
    And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
    Numbers 25:13
    'and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 40:2
    On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
    Numbers 7:1
    Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and consecrated them.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 25:16
    And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
    Deuteronomy 10:5
    "Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me."
    1 Kings 8:9
    Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
    2 Chronicles 5:10
    Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they had come out of Egypt.
    Hebrews 9:4
    Which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 26:33
    And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 26:35
    You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 40:4
    You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.
    Leviticus 24:5
    And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
    Leviticus 24:6
    You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 26:35
    You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 25:37
    You shall make seven lamps for it, and they sha...
    Exodus 30:7
    Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morn...
    Exodus 30:8
    And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he...
    Exodus 40:4
    You shall bring in the table and arrange the th...
    Leviticus 24:3
    Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the taber...
    Leviticus 24:4
    He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure ...
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 30:1
    You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood.
    Exodus 30:6
    And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
    Exodus 40:5
    You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
  26. Cross References
    Exodus 30:7
    Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 26:36
    You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.
    Exodus 40:5
    You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 40:6
    Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 29:38 - 42
    Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it.
    Exodus 40:7
    And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 30:19
    For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
    Exodus 30:20
    When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
    John 13:8
    Peter said to Him, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 30:19
    For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 27:9 - 18
    You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.
    Exodus 40:8
    You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
  34. Cross References
    Hebrews 3:2 - 5
    Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
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