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    Exodus 40

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    Moses finishes the tabernacle; then the glory fills it, and he cannot enter.

    The tabernacle is assembledvv. 1–33

    The LORD gives Moses a remarkably thorough arrangement: ark behind the veil, table and lampstand within, altars and basin without, then courtyard, oil, garments, washing, and consecration. Moses does everything as commanded, down to the bread, the lamps, the incense, the offerings, and the water. Aaron and his sons are washed, clothed, and anointed; Moses sets up the courtyard, and the work is finished.

    The glory arrives, and the journey waitsvv. 34–38

    Then the cloud covers the Tent of Meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle. The completed meeting place is so filled that Moses is unable to enter it—a slightly awkward outcome for the man who has just finished building it. The cloud becomes Israel’s signal for departure: lifted, they set out; settled, they remain. By day it is cloud, and by night fire is in it, visible to all Israel through every stage of the journey.

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    1. Exod 40:1Then the LORD said to Moses,

    2. Exod 40:2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

    3. Exod 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

    4. Exod 40:4Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

    5. Exod 40:5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    6. Exod 40:6Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

    7. Exod 40:7And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

    8. Exod 40:8Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

    9. Exod 40:9Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

    10. Exod 40:10Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.

    11. Exod 40:11Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.

    12. Exod 40:12Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

    13. Exod 40:13And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.

    14. Exod 40:14Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.

    15. Exod 40:15Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

    16. Exod 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

    17. Exod 40:17So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

    18. Exod 40:18When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

    19. Exod 40:19Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    20. Exod 40:20Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

    21. Exod 40:21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    22. Exod 40:22Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

    23. Exod 40:23He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    24. Exod 40:24He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

    25. Exod 40:25and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    26. Exod 40:26Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

    27. Exod 40:27and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    28. Exod 40:28Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    29. Exod 40:29He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    30. Exod 40:30He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;

    31. Exod 40:31and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.

    32. Exod 40:32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    33. Exod 40:33And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

    34. Exod 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    35. Exod 40:35Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    36. Exod 40:36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.

    37. Exod 40:37If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

    38. Exod 40:38For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

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    • 34Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
    • 38Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
    • 34Numbers 9:15–23On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
    • 351 Kings 8:11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
    • 38Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
    • 342 Chronicles 7:2The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
    • 34Exodus 29:43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
    • 34Revelation 21:23–24And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
    • 13Exodus 28:41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
    • 15Numbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
    • 22Exodus 26:35And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
    • 34Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
    • 34Exodus 33:9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
    • 36Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
    • 38Isaiah 4:5–6Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
    • 2Exodus 26:30So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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