Setting Up the Tabernacle (Acts 7:44–47; Hebrews 9:1–10)
1 UDB Then Yahweh said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UDB "Next year, on the first day of the first month, tell the people to set up the sacred tent. BSB BSB: “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
3 UDB Put inside it the sacred chest that contains the stone slabs on which are engraved the Ten Commandments, and hang its curtain in front of it. BSB BSB: Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
4 UDB Bring the table into the sacred tent, and place on it all the things that they made for it. Then bring in the lampstand and set the lamps in it. BSB BSB: Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
5 UDB Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the sacred chest, and set up the curtain at the entrance of the sacred tent. BSB BSB: Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 UDB Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the sacred tent. BSB BSB: Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
7 UDB Put the washbasin between the sacred tent and the altar, and fill it with water. BSB BSB: And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
8 UDB Hang the curtains around the courtyard, and also hang up the curtain that your workmen made for the entrance. BSB BSB: Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
9 UDB Then take the oil for anointing and put it on the sacred tent and everything that is in it, to set it all apart for me. Then it will be very special, reserved only for me. BSB BSB: Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
10 UDB Also put some of the oil on the altar on which the priests will burn the sacrifices that they will offer to me. Also put some of the oil on all the things that they will use at the altar, and set them apart for me. Then they will be special, reserved only for me. BSB BSB: Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
11 UDB Also put some of the oil on the washbasin and its base, to set them apart for me. BSB BSB: Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
12 UDB Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent, and wash them with water. BSB BSB: Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
13 UDB Then set Aaron apart for me by putting his special clothes on him and by pouring oil on him. Do this so he may serve me as a priest who comes before me. BSB BSB: And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
14 UDB Also bring Aaron's sons and put their special tunics on them, BSB BSB: Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.
15 UDB then pour oil on them just as you did on their father. Do this so that they also may worship me as priests. By pouring oil on them, you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all their future generations." BSB BSB: Anoint 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 UDB Moses and the men working with him did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him to do. BSB BSB: Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
17 UDB On the first day of the first month of the next year, the year after the people had come out of Egypt, the people set up the sacred tent. BSB BSB: So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
18 UDB They did what Moses told them to do. They set up the sacred tent and its bases. They set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts for the curtains. BSB BSB: When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
19 UDB Then they spread out the coverings over the sacred tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses. BSB BSB: Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
20 UDB Then Moses took the two stone slabs on which the commandments were written and put them into the sacred chest. He caused the workmen to put the carrying poles into the rings on the chest and put the lid on top of it. BSB BSB: Moses 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 UDB Then Moses took the chest into the holy place inside the sacred tent and hung the curtain. After he did that, the people who were outside could not see the chest. He did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him. BSB BSB: Then 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 UDB He caused the workmen to set the table inside the sacred tent, on the north side, outside the curtain. BSB BSB: Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 UDB They placed on the table the bread in order to display it before Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do. BSB BSB: He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
24 UDB Moses's workmen set the lampstand inside the sacred tent, on the south side, on the other side of the table. BSB BSB: He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
25 UDB Then they set the lamps on the lampstand in Yahweh's presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded. BSB BSB: and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
26 UDB Moses's workmen set the gold altar for burning incense inside the sacred tent, in front of the curtain that separated the holy place from the very holy place, BSB BSB: Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
27 UDB and they burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do. BSB BSB: and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
28 UDB Moses's workmen hung the curtain at the entrance to the sacred tent. BSB BSB: Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
29 UDB At the entrance to the sacred tent, they placed the altar for offering sacrifices that the priests were to burn. Then they burned on it the meat and the flour that they offered, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do. BSB BSB: He 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 UDB They set the washbasin between the sacred tent and the bronze altar, and they filled the washbasin with water. BSB BSB: He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
31 UDB Every time Moses, Aaron, or Aaron's sons went into the sacred tent or went up to the altar, they washed their hands and feet, exactly as Yahweh had commanded them through Moses to do. BSB BSB: and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.
33 UDB Moses's workmen hung up the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. In this way Moses caused the people to complete all that work. BSB BSB: And 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.
The Cloud and the Glory (Numbers 9:15–23)
34 UDB Then the tall cloud covered the sacred tent, and Yahweh's power and brilliant light filled the sacred tent. BSB BSB: Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35 UDB Because the light was very bright, Moses was not able to enter the sacred tent. BSB BSB: Moses 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 UDB From that day, whenever the people of Israel wanted to move to another place, they went only when the cloud rose from above the sacred tent and moved on. BSB BSB: Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
37 UDB If the cloud did not rise, they stayed where they were and waited for the cloud to rise and move. BSB BSB: If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
38 UDB Wherever they traveled, the cloud that showed Yahweh's presence was above the sacred tent during the day, and a bright fire was over it at night. All the people of Israel could see it at any time, for as long as they were traveling to the land that God had promised to give them. BSB BSB: For 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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