Exodus · Unlocked Literal Bible
Exodus 40 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “On the first day of the first month of the new year you must set up the tabernacle, 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 You must place the ark of the testimony in it, and you must shield the ark with the curtain.
3 You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
4 You must bring in the table and set in order the things that belong on it. Then you must bring in the lampstand and set up the lamps.
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 You must put the golden incense altar before the ark of the testimony, and you must put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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 You must put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, 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 You must put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and you must put water in it.
7 You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water therein.
8 You must set up the courtyard around it, and you must hang up the curtain at the courtyard entrance.
8 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
9 You must take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it. You must set it apart and all its furnishings to me; then it will be 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 You must anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its utensils. You must set apart the altar to me and it will become very holy to me.
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 You must anoint the bronze basin and its base and set it apart to me.
11 You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
12 You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and you must wash 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 clothe Aaron with the garments that are set apart to me, anoint him and set him apart so that he may serve as 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 You are to bring his sons and clothe them with coats.
14 You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.
15 You must anoint them as you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will make for them a permanent priesthood throughout their people's generations.”
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 This is what Moses did; he followed all that Yahweh had commanded him. He did all these things.
16 Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
18 Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.
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 He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
20 He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on 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 He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.
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 He put the table into the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
22 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.
23 He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
23 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
24 He put the lampstand into the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
24 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.
25 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
26 He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
26 He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
27 He burned fragrant incense on it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
27 and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
28 He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
28 He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
29 He put the altar for the burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. He offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahweh had commanded him.
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 He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and he put 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 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet from the basin
31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
32 whenever they would go into the tent of meeting and whenever they would go up to the altar. They washed themselves, as Yahweh had commanded 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 Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar. He set up the curtain at the courtyard entrance. In this way, Moses finished the work.
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 covered the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and because Yahweh's glory filled the tabernacle.
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 Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out 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 if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted 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 Yahweh's cloud was over the tabernacle by day, and his fire was over it by night, in plain view of all the people of Israel throughout their journey.
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