7. You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.
8. You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard.
9. And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.
10. Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.
11. You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.
12. “You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
13. Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest.
14. You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics
15. and anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister as my priests; their anointing will make them a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”
16. This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him – so he did.
17. So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year.
18. When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its posts.
19. Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
20. He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.
21. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the protecting curtain, and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22. And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.