Setting Up the Tabernacle
1Then the Lord said to Moses: 2“Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. 3Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. 4Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. 5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6“Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 7place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. 8Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
9“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. 10Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy. 11Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
12“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest. 14Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. 15Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.” 16Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.
17So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year. 18When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts. 19Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the Lord commanded him.
20He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it. 21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the Lord commanded him.
22Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain 23and set out the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.
24He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle 25and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.
26Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain 27and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord commanded him.
28Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. 29He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the Lord commanded him.
30He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing, 31and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. 32They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses.
33Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.
The Glory of the Lord
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; 37but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. 38So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.
支起会幕
1耶和华对摩西说： 2“你要在一月一日支起圣幕，即会幕， 3把约柜安置在里面，用幔子遮掩。 4把桌子搬进去，摆好桌上的器具，再把灯台搬进去，点上灯， 5把烧香的金香坛放在约柜前面，挂上圣幕入口的帘子。 6要把燔祭坛放在圣幕门口前面， 7洗濯盆放在会幕和祭坛中间，盆里要有水。 8用帷幔在圣幕四周围成院子，在院子的入口挂上帘子。 9你要用膏油抹圣幕和里面所有的器具，使它们分别出来，成为圣洁之物。 10要抹燔祭坛和坛上所有器具，使燔祭坛分别出来，成为至圣之物。 11要抹洗濯盆和盆座，使它们分别出来，成为圣洁之物。 12要把亚伦父子们叫到会幕入口，用水为他们沐浴， 13给亚伦穿上圣衣并膏立他，使他分别出来，做圣洁的祭司事奉我。 14也要把他的儿子们叫来，给他们穿上内袍， 15用同样的仪式膏立他们，使他们做祭司事奉我。他们的受膏将使他们永远做祭司，世代相传。”
16摩西照耶和华的吩咐把事情都办好了。 17第二年一月一日，圣幕支起来了。 18摩西支起圣幕，装上带凹槽的底座，竖起木板，插上横闩，立起柱子， 19在圣幕上面搭起罩棚，铺上顶盖，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 20摩西把约版放在约柜里，横杠穿在约柜的两旁，施恩座放在约柜上， 21把约柜抬进圣幕，挂起幔子遮掩约柜，都遵照耶和华对他的吩咐。 22他把桌子放在会幕内、遮掩约柜的幔子外面、圣幕的北侧， 23将献给耶和华的供饼放在桌上，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 24他把灯台放在会幕内的桌子对面，在圣幕的南侧， 25然后在耶和华面前点灯，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 26他把金坛放在会幕里、遮掩约柜的幔子前面， 27在坛上点燃芬芳的香，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 28他挂上圣幕入口的帘子， 29在会幕，即圣幕入口前面设立燔祭坛，在坛上献燔祭和素祭，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 30他把洗濯盆放在会幕和祭坛之间，盆里盛水，供洗濯用。 31摩西、亚伦及其众子都在盆里清洗手脚， 32他们进会幕或走近祭坛的时候，都要先清洗，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 33摩西又在圣幕和祭坛的四周用帷幔围成院子，然后在院子入口挂上帘子。这样，摩西完成了工作。
耶和华的荣光
34那时，有云彩遮盖会幕，耶和华的荣光充满了圣幕。 35摩西不能进会幕，因为云彩停在上面，耶和华的荣光充满了圣幕。 36一路上，云彩从圣幕上升起，他们就出发。 37云彩不升起，他们就不出发，一直等到云彩升起。 38一路上，白天有耶和华的云彩停留在圣幕上面，夜间云中有火光照在以色列百姓眼前。
