Exodus 40:1-8

1The Lord spoke to Moses:

2“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.

3Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the curtain.

4Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle.

6Position 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.

8Assemble the surrounding courtyard and hang the screen for the gate of the courtyard.