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Exodus 40:5-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

6. and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7. The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle, and you shall fill it with water.

8. And you shall encompass the atrium and its entrance with hangings.

9. And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles, so that they may be sanctified.

10. The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

11. the washtub with its base, and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction, so that they may be the Holy of holies.

12. And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

13. you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood."

14. And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

15. Therefore, in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

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