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Exodus 40:24-36 Amplified Bible (AMP)

24. And he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle.

25. Moses set up and lighted the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.

26. He put the golden altar [of incense] in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;

27. He burned sweet incense [symbol of prayer] upon it, as the Lord commanded him. [Ps. 141:2; Rev. 8:3.]

28. And he set up the hanging or screen at the door of the tabernacle.

29. [Moses] put the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting and offered on it the burnt offering and the cereal offering, as the Lord commanded him.

30. And Moses set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

31. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.

32. When they went into the Tent of Meeting or came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.

33. And he erected the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging or screen at the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

34. Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God's visible presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle! [Rev. 15:8.]

35. And Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

36. In all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the Israelites went onward;

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