In 38 verses, Moses raises the tabernacle, anoints Aaron and his sons, and watches the LORD’s glory fill the finished tent as cloud and fire settle over it by day and night.
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Lyrics
The LORD spoke to Moses saying On the first day of the first month You shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting
You shall put the ark of the covenant in it And you shall screen the ark with the veil You shall bring in the table and set in order the things that are on it You shall bring in the lamp stand and light its lamps
You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant And put the screen of the door to the tabernacle You shall set the altar of burnt offering Before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting
You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar And shall put water therein You shall set up the court around it And hang up the screen of the gate of the court
You shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle And all that is in it and shall make it holy And all its furniture and it will be holy You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering
With all its vessels and sanctify the altar And the altar will be most holy You shall anoint the basin and its base And sanctify it
You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting And shall wash them with water You shall put on Aaron the holy garments And you shall anoint him and sanctify him
That he may minister to me in the priest’s office You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them You shall anoint them as you anointed their father That they may minister to me in the priest’s office
Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood Throughout their generations Moses did so, according to all that the LORD commanded him So he did
In the first month in the second year On the first day of the month the tabernacle was raised up Moses raised up the tabernacle and laid its sockets And set up its boards and put in its bars and raised up its pillars Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting And the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting Because the cloud stayed on it And the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day And there was fire in the cloud by night In the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys
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Exodus 40 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.