17. and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle, imposing a cover above it, just as the Lord had decreed.
18. And he placed the testimony in the ark, applying the bars beneath, and the oracle above.
19. And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.
20. And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
21. arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
22. And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,
23. setting the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
24. He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
25. and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
26. And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,
27. and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony, offering the holocaust and the sacrifices upon it, just as the Lord had decreed.
28. Likewise, he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
29. And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,
30. whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant, and when they approached to the altar, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
31. And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging at its entrance. After all these things were perfected,
32. the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.
33. Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant: the cloud was covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord was flashing. For the cloud had covered everything.
34. Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
35. But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.
36. Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day, and the fire by night, being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.