Exodus 40 — Douay-Rheims Bible

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:● The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,● And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:● And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,● And the altar of gold, whereon the incense is burnt before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,● And before it the altar of holocaust.● The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.● And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.● And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:● The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:● The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.● And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,● Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.● And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.● So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.● And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,● And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.● And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.● And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfil the commandment of the Lord.● And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, without the veil,● Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.● He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony, over against the table on the south side,● Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.● He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, over against the veil,● And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.● And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,● And the altar of holocaust in the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.● And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.● And Moses and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and feet,● When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.● He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected,● The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.● Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things, and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.● If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:● If it hung over, they remained in the same place.● For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.●