{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:41:39.582Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":38},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony, "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And before it the altar of holocaust: "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The altar of holocaust and all its vessels: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water, "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars, "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfil the commandment of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil, "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side, "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil, "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And the altar of holocaust of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And Moses and Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet, "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops: "},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"If it hung over, they remained in the same place. "},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 40 (DRB)","markdown":"[Exodus 40](https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/40 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}