Exodus 40
New Living Translation
The Tabernacle Completed
40 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Set up the Tabernacle[a] on the first day of the new year.[b] 3 Place the Ark of the Covenant[c] inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place. 4 Then bring in the table, and arrange the utensils on it. And bring in the lampstand, and set up the lamps.
5 “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the Tabernacle entrance. 7 Set the washbasin between the Tabernacle[d] and the altar, and fill it with water. 8 Then set up the courtyard around the outside of the tent, and hang the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
9 “Take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and all its furnishings to consecrate them and make them holy. 10 Anoint the altar of burnt offering and its utensils to consecrate them. Then the altar will become absolutely holy. 11 Next anoint the washbasin and its stand to consecrate them.
12 “Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water. 13 Dress Aaron with the sacred garments and anoint him, consecrating him to serve me as a priest. 14 Then present his sons and dress them in their tunics. 15 Anoint them as you did their father, so they may also serve me as priests. With their anointing, Aaron’s descendants are set apart for the priesthood forever, from generation to generation.”
16 Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him. 17 So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year. 18 Moses erected the Tabernacle by setting down its bases, inserting the frames, attaching the crossbars, and setting up the posts. 19 Then he spread the coverings over the Tabernacle framework and put on the protective layers, just as the Lord had commanded him.
20 He took the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant and placed them[e] inside the Ark. Then he attached the carrying poles to the Ark, and he set the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—on top of it. 21 Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the Lord had commanded him.
22 Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain. 23 And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
24 He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place. 25 Then he lit the lamps in the Lord’s presence, just as the Lord had commanded him. 26 He also placed the gold incense altar in the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place in front of the inner curtain. 27 On it he burned the fragrant incense, just as the Lord had commanded him.
28 He hung the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle, 29 and he placed the altar of burnt offering near the Tabernacle entrance. On it he offered a burnt offering and a grain offering, just as the Lord had commanded him.
30 Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves. 31 Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons used water from it to wash their hands and feet. 32 Whenever they approached the altar and entered the Tabernacle, they washed themselves, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33 Then he hung the curtains forming the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar. And he set up the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard. So at last Moses finished the work.
The Lord’s Glory Fills the Tabernacle
34 Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 35 Moses could no longer enter the Tabernacle because the cloud had settled down over it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
36 Now whenever the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey, following it. 37 But if the cloud did not rise, they remained where they were until it lifted. 38 The cloud of the Lord hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.
Footnotes
- 40:2a Hebrew the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting; also in 40:6, 29.
- 40:2b Hebrew the first day of the first month. This day of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in March or April.
- 40:3 Or Ark of the Testimony; also in 40:5, 21.
- 40:7 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 40:12, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35.
- 40:20 Hebrew He placed the Testimony; see note on 25:16.
出埃及 40
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
支起会幕
40 耶和华对摩西说： 2 “你要在一月一日支起圣幕，即会幕， 3 把约柜安置在里面，用幔子遮掩。 4 把桌子搬进去，摆好桌上的器具，再把灯台搬进去，点上灯， 5 把烧香的金坛放在约柜前面，挂上圣幕入口的帘子。 6 要把燔祭坛放在圣幕前面， 7 洗濯盆放在会幕和祭坛中间，盆里要有水。 8 用帷幔在圣幕四周围成院子，在院子的入口挂上帘子。 9 你要用膏油抹圣幕和里面所有的器具，使它们分别出来，成为圣洁之物。 10 要抹燔祭坛和坛上所有器具，使燔祭坛分别出来，成为至圣之物。 11 要抹洗濯盆和盆座，使它们分别出来，成为圣洁之物。 12 要把亚伦父子们叫到会幕入口，用水为他们沐浴， 13 给亚伦穿上圣衣后膏立他，使他分别出来，做圣洁的祭司事奉我。 14 也要把他的儿子们叫来，给他们穿上内袍， 15 用同样的仪式膏立他们，使他们做祭司事奉我。他们的受膏将使他们永远做祭司，世代相传。”
16 摩西照耶和华的吩咐把事情都办好了。 17 第二年一月一日，圣幕支起来了。 18 摩西支起圣幕，装上带凹槽的底座，竖起木板，插上横闩，立起柱子， 19 在圣幕上面搭起罩棚，铺上顶盖，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 20 他把约版放在约柜里，横杠穿在约柜的两旁，施恩座放在约柜上， 21 把约柜抬进圣幕，挂起幔子遮掩约柜，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 22 他把桌子放在会幕内、遮掩约柜的幔子外面、圣幕的北侧， 23 将献给耶和华的供饼放在桌上，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 24 他把灯台放在会幕内的桌子对面，在圣幕的南侧， 25 然后在耶和华面前点灯，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 26 他把金香坛放在会幕里、遮掩约柜的幔子前面， 27 在坛上点燃芬芳的香，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 28 他挂上圣幕入口的帘子， 29 在会幕，即圣幕入口的前面设立燔祭坛，在坛上献燔祭和素祭，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 30 他把洗濯盆放在会幕和祭坛之间，盆里盛水，供洗濯用。 31 摩西、亚伦及其众子都在那里清洗手脚， 32 他们进会幕或走近祭坛的时候，都要先清洗，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。 33 摩西又在圣幕和祭坛的四周用帷幔围成院子，然后在院子入口挂上帘子。这样，摩西完成了工作。
耶和华的荣光
34 那时，有云彩遮盖会幕，耶和华的荣光充满了圣幕。 35 摩西不能进会幕，因为云彩停在上面，耶和华的荣光充满了圣幕。 36 一路上，云彩从圣幕升起，他们就出发。 37 云彩不升起，他们就不出发，一直等到云彩升起。 38 一路上，白天有耶和华的云彩停留在圣幕上面，夜间云中有火光为以色列百姓照明。
Shemot 40
Orthodox Jewish Bible
40 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed.
3 And thou shalt place therein the Aron HaEdut, and thou shalt cover so as to screen the Aron with the Parochet.
4 And thou shalt bring in the Shulchan, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the Menorah, and kindle the Nerot thereof.
5 And thou shalt place the Mizbe’ach Hazahav L’Ketoret before the Aron HaEdut, and set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan.
6 And thou shalt set the Mizbe’ach HaOlah before the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed.
7 And thou shalt set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo’ed and the Mizbe’ach, and shalt place mayim therein.
8 And thou shalt set up the khatzer (court) all around, and hang up the Masach Sha’ar Hakhatzer.
9 And thou shalt take the Shemen HaMishchah, and anoint the Mishkan, and all that is therein, and shalt set it apart as kodesh, and all the utensils thereof; and it shall be kodesh.
10 And thou shalt anoint the Mizbe’ach HaOlah, and all its utensils, and set apart as kodesh the Mizbe’ach: and it shall be Mizbe’ach kodesh kodashim.
11 And thou shalt anoint the Kiyor and its Stand, and set it apart as kodesh.
12 And thou shalt bring near Aharon and his banim unto the Petach Ohel Mo’ed, and immerse them with mayim.
13 And thou shalt dress Aharon with the Bigdei Hakodesh, and anoint him, and set him apart as kodesh; that he may minister unto Me in the kohen’s office.
14 And thou shalt bring near his banim, and dress them with kuttanot:
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their av, that they may minister unto Me in the kohen’s office: for their anointing shall surely be for them a kehunat olam throughout their dorot.
16 Thus did Moshe; according to all that Hashem commanded him, so did he.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Mishkan was erected.
18 And Moshe erected the Mishkan, and fastened its sockets, and set up the kerashim thereof, and put in the crossbars thereof, and set up its ammudim.
19 And he spread the Ohel over the Mishkan, and put the Mikhseh of the Ohel on it from above; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
20 And he took and placed HaEdut (The Testimony, i.e., the Stone Tablets of the Ten Commandments) into HaAron, and set the carrying poles on the Aron, and put the Kapporet upon the Aron from above;
21 And he brought the Aron into the Mishkan, and set up the Parochet HaMasach, and shielded with a covering over the Aron HaEdut; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
22 And he put the Shulchan in the Ohel Mo’ed, upon the north side of the Mishkan, outside the Parochet.
23 And he set the Lechem in order upon it before Hashem; as Hashem had commanded Moshe.
24 And he put the Menorah in the Ohel Mo’ed, opposite the Shulchan, on the south side of the Mishkan.
25 And he set up the nerot (lamps) before Hashem; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
26 And he put the Mizbe’ach Hazahav in the Ohel Mo’ed before the Parochet;
27 And he burned ketoret spices thereon; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
28 And he set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan (Curtain of the Entrance of the Tabernacle).
29 And he put the Mizbe’ach HaOlah at the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed, and offered upon it the olah (burnt offering) and the minchah; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
30 And he set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo’ed and the Mizbe’ach, and put mayim there, to wash withal.
31 And Moshe and Aharon and his banim washed their hands and their feet thereat;
32 When they went into the Ohel Mo’ed, and when they came near unto the Mizbe’ach, they washed; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
33 And he erected the khatzer (courtyard) all around the Mishkan and the Mizbe’ach, and set up the Masach Sha’ar HaKhatzer. So Moshe finished the work.
34 Then the Anan covered the Ohel Mo’ed, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan.
35 And Moshe was not able to enter into the Ohel Mo’ed, because the [Shekinah] cloud abode thereon, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan.
36 And when the Anan was taken up from over the Mishkan, the Bnei Yisroel went onward in all their journeys;
37 But if the Anan were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38 For the Anan Hashem was upon the Mishkan by day, and Eish was on it by night, in the sight of all the Bais Yisroel, throughout all their journeys. T.N. The Theme of gracious, unmerited Deliverance and Salvation for an Am Kesheh Oref (Obstinate Stiffnecked People) has been presented in the Second Book of Moses.
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