Exodus · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 40 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.
2 “On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
3 You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
4 And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.
4 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lamp stand, and light its lamps.
5 And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.
5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.
6 “You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
7 And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.
7 You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.
8 And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
8 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 And take the holy oil and put it on the House and everything in it, and make it and everything in it holy:
9 “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it will be holy.
10 And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.
10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.
11 And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy.
11 You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
12 Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,
12 “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.
13 You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.
13 You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;
14 You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.
15 And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.
15 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
16 And Moses did this; as the Lord gave him orders, so he did.
16 Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.
17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
18 Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;
18 Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.
19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
20 And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;
20 He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.
21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.
22 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.
23 And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
23 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 The support for the lights he put in the Tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side:
24 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.
25 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
26 He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
27 Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.
27 and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
28 He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
29 And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.
29 He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
30 And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.
30 He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.
31 In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
32 Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
33 And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.
33 He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
34 Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
35 So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.
35 Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:
36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
37 but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
38 For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.
38 For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Exodus 26:30; Exodus 13:4; Exodus 12:1–2; Numbers 7:1; Exodus 40:17–19
- 3 Exodus 35:12; Numbers 4:5; Revelation 11:19; Leviticus 16:14; Exodus 40:20–21
- 4 Leviticus 24:8; Exodus 37:10–24; Exodus 25:23–39; Exodus 26:35–36; Exodus 40:22–25
- 5 Hebrews 10:19–22; John 14:6; 1 John 2:1–2; Hebrews 9:24; Exodus 35:25–28
- 6 Exodus 40:29; Exodus 27:1–8; Ephesians 1:6–7; 1 John 2:2; Exodus 38:1–7
- 7 Psalm 26:6; 1 John 1:7; Hebrews 10:22; Zechariah 13:1; Titus 3:5
- 8 Matthew 16:18; Exodus 38:9–20; Exodus 27:9–19; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Exodus 40:33
- 9 Leviticus 8:10; Numbers 7:1; Exodus 39:39; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Matthew 3:16
- 10 Luke 1:35; Exodus 29:36–37; Isaiah 61:1; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21
- 12 Leviticus 8:1–13; Exodus 29:1–35; Leviticus 9:1–24; Isaiah 61:1–3; Romans 8:3
- 13 Exodus 28:41; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; John 17:19; John 3:34
- 14 John 1:16; Romans 13:14; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Isaiah 44:3–5
- 15 Numbers 25:13; Hebrews 7:17–24; Hebrews 8:1–10; Hebrews 5:1–14; Psalm 110:4
- 16 Deuteronomy 4:1; Exodus 40:17–32; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Matthew 28:20; Exodus 23:21–22
- 17 Numbers 7:1; Numbers 9:1; Exodus 40:1–2
- 18 Exodus 26:15–30; Ezekiel 37:27–28; Revelation 21:3; 1 Timothy 3:15; Leviticus 26:11
- 19 Exodus 36:8–19; Exodus 26:1–14
- 20 Exodus 16:34; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 9:4; Psalm 40:8; Exodus 25:16–21
- 21 Exodus 40:3; Exodus 26:33; Exodus 35:12; Hebrews 10:19–20
- 22 Exodus 26:35; Ephesians 3:8; John 6:53–57; Exodus 40:24
- 23 Exodus 40:4; Exodus 25:30; Hebrews 9:2; Matthew 12:4
- 24 John 8:12; Exodus 26:35; Revelation 2:5; Psalm 119:105; John 1:9
- 25 Exodus 40:4; Exodus 25:37; Revelation 4:5
- 26 Exodus 40:5; John 17:1–26; 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 7:25; Exodus 30:1–10
- 27 Exodus 30:7
- 28 Exodus 40:5; John 10:9; Ephesians 2:18; John 14:6; Exodus 38:9–19
- 29 Exodus 40:6; Exodus 27:1–8; Hebrews 13:5–6; Hebrews 13:10; Romans 3:24–26
- 30 Exodus 40:7; Exodus 38:8; Ezekiel 36:25; Hebrews 10:22; Exodus 30:18–21
- 31 Exodus 30:19–20; Psalm 26:6; John 13:10; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 1:9
- 32 Exodus 30:19–20; Exodus 40:19; Psalm 73:19
- 33 Exodus 40:8; Exodus 27:9–16; Hebrews 3:2–5; Ephesians 2:18; Hebrews 4:14–16
- 34 Revelation 15:8; Numbers 9:15–23; 2 Chronicles 7:2; Revelation 21:23–24; Exodus 29:43
- 35 1 Kings 8:11; Leviticus 16:2; 2 Chronicles 7:2; Isaiah 6:4; 2 Chronicles 5:13–14
- 36 Nehemiah 9:19; Numbers 9:17; Numbers 10:11–13; Exodus 13:21–22; Numbers 19:17–22
- 37 Numbers 9:19–22; Psalm 31:15
- 38 Psalm 78:14; Exodus 13:21; Numbers 9:15; Isaiah 4:5–6; Psalm 105:39
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences