Exodus 40:2-17

2‘On the first day of the first month, put up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

3Put the Covenant Box in the tabernacle and hide it behind the special curtain.

4Bring in the special table and put the dishes on it. Then bring in the lampstand. Fix its lamps on it.

5Put the gold altar for incense in front of the Covenant Box. Hang the curtain that will be at the entrance to the tabernacle.

6Put the altar for burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

7Put the large bowl for water between the Tent of Meeting and the altar. Put water in the bowl.

8Hang the curtains around the yard of the tabernacle, as well as the curtain at the entrance to the yard.

9Take the special oil that makes things holy. Pour some oil on the tabernacle and on everything that is in it. Offer the tabernacle and all its things to God, and then it will be holy.

10Then pour some oil on the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. Offer it all to God, and then it will be completely holy.

11Pour some oil on the large bowl for water and on its base to offer them to God.

12Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Wash them with water.

13Then dress Aaron in the special clothes for the priest. Pour some of the special oil on his head. Offer him to me to serve me as my priest.

14Also bring his sons and dress them in the special long shirts.

15Pour some oil on their heads, as you did to their father. Then they too may serve me as my priests. In this way, they and their descendants will always continue to serve me as priests.’

16Moses did all these things, as the Lord had commanded him.

17So they put up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month. It was in the second year after they had left Egypt.