Exodus 40:1-38
Moses Sets Up the Holy Tent
1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“Set up the holy tent, the tent of meeting. Set it up on the first day of the first month. 3Place in it the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Hide the ark with the curtain. 4Bring in the table for the holy bread. Arrange the loaves of bread on it. Then bring in the lampstand. Set up its lamps. 5Place the gold altar for burning incense in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent.
6“Place the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the holy tent, the tent of meeting. 7Place the large bowl between the tent of meeting and the altar. Put water in the bowl. 8Set up the courtyard around the holy tent. Put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
9“Get the anointing oil. Anoint the holy tent and everything in it. Set apart the holy tent and everything that belongs to it. Then it will be holy. 10Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. Set apart the altar. Then it will be a very holy place. 11Anoint the large bowl and its stand. Set them apart.
12“Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Wash them with water. 13Dress Aaron in the sacred clothes. Anoint him and set him apart. Then he will be able to serve me as priest. 14Bring his sons and dress them in their inner robes. 15Anoint them just as you anointed their father. Then they will be able to serve me as priests. They will be anointed to do the work of priests. That work will last for all time to come.” 16Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
17So the holy tent was set up. It was the first day of the first month in the second year. 18Moses set up the holy tent. He put the bases in place. He put the frames in them. He put in the crossbars. He set up the posts. 19He spread the holy tent over the frames. Then he put the coverings over the tent. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
20He got the tablets of the covenant law. He placed them in the ark. He put the poles through its rings. And he put the cover on it. The cover was the place where sin is paid for. 21Moses brought the ark into the holy tent. He hung the curtain to hide the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
22Moses placed the table for the holy bread in the tent of meeting. It was on the north side of the holy tent outside the curtain. 23He arranged the loaves of bread on it in the sight of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
24Moses placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting. It stood across from the table on the south side of the holy tent. 25He set up the lamps in front of the Lord. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
26Moses placed the gold altar for burning incense in the tent of meeting. He placed it in front of the curtain. 27He burned sweet-smelling incense on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
28Then Moses put up the curtain at the entrance to the holy tent. 29He set the altar for burnt offerings near the entrance to the holy tent, the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
30Moses placed the large bowl between the tent of meeting and the altar. He put water in the bowl for washing. 31Moses 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. They did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33Then Moses set up the courtyard around the holy tent and altar. He put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses completed the work.
The Glory of the Lord
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent. 35Moses couldn’t enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it. The glory of the Lord filled the holy tent.
36The Israelites continued their travels. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the holy tent, they started out. 37But if the cloud didn’t lift, they did not start out. They stayed until the day it lifted. 38So the cloud of the Lord was above the holy tent during the day. Fire was in the cloud at night. All the Israelites could see the cloud during all their travels.
出埃及記 40:1-38
支起會幕
1耶和華對摩西說： 2「你要在一月一日支起聖幕，即會幕， 3把約櫃安置在裡面，用幔子遮掩。 4把桌子搬進去，擺好桌上的器具，再把燈臺搬進去，點上燈， 5把燒香的金香壇放在約櫃前面，掛上聖幕入口的簾子。 6要把燔祭壇放在聖幕門口前面， 7洗濯盆放在會幕和祭壇中間，盆裡要有水。 8用帷幔在聖幕四周圍成院子，在院子的入口掛上簾子。 9你要用膏油抹聖幕和裡面所有的器具，使它們分別出來，成為聖潔之物。 10要抹燔祭壇和壇上所有器具，使燔祭壇分別出來，成為至聖之物。 11要抹洗濯盆和盆座，使它們分別出來，成為聖潔之物。 12要把亞倫父子們叫到會幕入口，用水為他們沐浴， 13給亞倫穿上聖衣並膏立他，使他分別出來，做聖潔的祭司事奉我。 14也要把他的兒子們叫來，給他們穿上內袍， 15用同樣的儀式膏立他們，使他們做祭司事奉我。他們的受膏將使他們永遠做祭司，世代相傳。」
16摩西照耶和華的吩咐把事情都辦好了。 17第二年一月一日，聖幕支起來了。 18摩西支起聖幕，裝上帶凹槽的底座，豎起木板，插上橫閂，立起柱子， 19在聖幕上面搭起罩棚，鋪上頂蓋，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 20摩西把約版放在約櫃裡，橫槓穿在約櫃的兩旁，施恩座放在約櫃上， 21把約櫃抬進聖幕，掛起幔子遮掩約櫃，都遵照耶和華對他的吩咐。 22他把桌子放在會幕內、遮掩約櫃的幔子外面、聖幕的北側， 23將獻給耶和華的供餅放在桌上，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 24他把燈臺放在會幕內的桌子對面，在聖幕的南側， 25然後在耶和華面前點燈，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 26他把金壇放在會幕裡、遮掩約櫃的幔子前面， 27在壇上點燃芬芳的香，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 28他掛上聖幕入口的簾子， 29在會幕，即聖幕入口前面設立燔祭壇，在壇上獻燔祭和素祭，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 30他把洗濯盆放在會幕和祭壇之間，盆裡盛水，供洗濯用。 31摩西、亞倫及其眾子都在盆裡清洗手腳， 32他們進會幕或走近祭壇的時候，都要先清洗，都遵照耶和華的吩咐。 33摩西又在聖幕和祭壇的四周用帷幔圍成院子，然後在院子入口掛上簾子。這樣，摩西完成了工作。
耶和華的榮光
34那時，有雲彩遮蓋會幕，耶和華的榮光充滿了聖幕。 35摩西不能進會幕，因為雲彩停在上面，耶和華的榮光充滿了聖幕。 36一路上，雲彩從聖幕上升起，他們就出發。 37雲彩不升起，他們就不出發，一直等到雲彩升起。 38一路上，白天有耶和華的雲彩停留在聖幕上面，夜間雲中有火光照在以色列百姓眼前。
