Exodus 40:2-17

2“On the first day of the first month (Abib) you shall set up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting [of God with you].

3You shall place the ark of the Testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark [from the Holy Place of God’s Presence] with the veil (partition curtain).

4You shall bring in the table [for the bread] and arrange its setting; you shall bring in the lampstand and mount and light its lamps.

5You shall set the golden altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony [outside the veil], and put the [hanging] veil at the doorway of the tabernacle.

6You shall set the [bronze] altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

7You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and put water in it.

8You shall set up the courtyard [curtains] all around and hang up the screen (curtain) for the gateway of the courtyard.

9Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture; and it shall be holy (declared sacred, separated from secular use).

10You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11You shall anoint the basin and its base, and consecrate it.

12Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

13You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve as a priest to Me.

14You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them;

15you shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing shall qualify them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

16Thus Moses did; in accordance with all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.

17Now it happened on the first day of the first month (Abib) in the second year [after the exodus from Egypt], that the tabernacle was erected.