9. Take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent and everything in it. In this way you will dedicate it and all its furnishings. Then it will be holy.
10. Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all the utensils. In this way you will dedicate the altar, and it will be most holy.
11. Anoint the basin and stand, and they will be dedicated.
12. “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them.
13. Then dress Aaron in the holy clothes, and anoint him. In this way you will dedicate him to serve me as priest.
14. Have his sons come forward, and dress them in their linen robes.
15. Anoint them to serve me as priests, as you anointed their father. Their anointing will begin a permanent priesthood for them for generations to come.”
16. Moses did everything as the Lord commanded him.
17. So the tent was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year ⌊after the Israelites had left Egypt⌋.
18. When Moses set up the tent, he put the sockets in place, put up the frames, inserted the crossbars, and set up the posts.
19. He spread the outer tent over the inner tent and put the cover on top. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
20. He took the words of God’s promise and put them in the ark. He put the poles on the ark and placed the throne of mercy on top of the ark.
21. Then he brought the ark into the tent and hung the canopy over it to mark off where the ark was. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.
22. Moses put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tent outside the canopy.
23. He arranged the bread on the table in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions.
24. He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent.
25. He set up the lamps in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions.
26. Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy.