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Exodus 40:2-17 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

2. On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

3. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.

4. And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

5. And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

6. And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

7. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

8. And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

9. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy.

10. And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.

11. And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

12. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.

13. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

14. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them:

15. and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

16. Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

17. And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

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