Exodus 40:16-33

16Moses did everything as the Lord commanded him.

17So the tent was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year ⌞after the Israelites had left Egypt⌟.

18When Moses set up the tent, he put the sockets in place, put up the frames, inserted the crossbars, and set up the posts.

19He spread the outer tent over the inner tent and put the cover on top. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.

20He took the words of God’s promise and put them in the ark. He put the poles on the ark and placed the throne of mercy on top of the ark.

21Then he brought the ark into the tent and hung the canopy over it to mark off where the ark was. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.

22Moses put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tent outside the canopy.

23He arranged the bread on the table in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions.

24He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent.

25He set up the lamps in the Lord’s presence, following the Lord’s instructions.

26Moses put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the canopy.

27He burned sweet-smelling incense on it, following the Lord’s instructions.

28Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the tent.

29He put the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance to the tent (the tent of meeting). He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.

30He put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

31Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet.

32They would wash whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses followed the Lord’s instructions.

33He set up the courtyard around the tent and the altar and put up the screen at the entrance to the courtyard. Finally, Moses finished the work.