Exodus 40:2-17

2“1On the first day of the first month you shall set up the 2tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 33You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark with the veil. 4Then you shall 4bring in the table and 5arrange 6what belongs on it; and you shall 7bring in the lampstand and 8mount its lamps. 5You shall also 9set the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the testimony, and set up the curtain for the doorway to the tabernacle. 6And you shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7Then you shall 10set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water 11in it. 8You shall also set up the courtyard all around and 12hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. 9Then you shall take the anointing oil and 13anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its 14furnishings; and it shall be holy. 10You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and 15the altar shall be most holy. 11And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12Then you shall 16bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13And 17you shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve as a priest to Me. 14You shall also bring his sons and put tunics on them; 15and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will 18qualify them for a 19permanent priesthood throughout their generations.” 16So Moses did these things; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

17Now 20in the first month 21of the second year, on the first day of the month, the 22tabernacle was erected.