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Exodus 40:5-15 Modern English Version (MEV)

5. You shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony and put the curtain for the entrance to the tabernacle.

6. You shall set the altar of the burnt offering in front of the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

7. You shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.

8. You shall set up the courtyard around it and hang up the curtain at the courtyard gate.

9. You shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

10. Then you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11. You shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

12. Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

13. You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may minister to Me as a priest.

14. You shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.

15. Then you shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister to Me as priests, for their anointing will surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

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