Exodus Chapter 40

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Exodus chapter forty. Then the Eternal One instructed Moses when
the first day of the first month arrives, Erect this
sanctuary of the congregation tent. Place the covenant chest in
there as a witness to our agreement, and screen it
from sight with the veil. Move the table into place
and arrange the utensils on it. Then move the lamp

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stand into place and set up all its lamps. Place
the golden altar for incense in front of the covenant
chest outside the veil, and install the curtain at the
entrance to the congregation tent. Set up the altar for
burnt offerings in front of the entrance to the congregation tent,
and place the basin between the sanctuary of the congregation
tent and the altar and fill it with water. Erect

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the posts and fabric panels around the courtyard and hang
the panel at the court's entrance. Anoint the tent and
everything in it with the anointing oil, Consecrate it and
all its furnishings so that it will all be holy.
Anoint the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools,
and consecrate the altars so that it will be most
hot anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it

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as well. Escort Aaron and his sons to the entrance
of the sanctuary of the congregation tent and cleanse them
with water. Dress erin in the sacred garments. Then anoint
and sanctify him, so that he may serve me as
high priest. Next, bring his sons forward and dress them
in tunics. Anoint them in the same way that you
anointed their father, Aarin, so that they may serve me

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as priests. With their anointing, they will enter the priesthood
and remain priests forever for all their generations. Moses did
exactly as the eternal instructed him. The congregation tent was
erected on the first day of the first month of
the second year after the exodus from Egypt. Moses raised it.
He began by laying down the bases, installing the frame panels,

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attaching the crossbars, and erecting the posts. He covered the
frame of the tent with the tent fabric, and then
covered that with other layers they made. He did this
exactly as the Eternal One had instructed him. He then
placed the stone tablets as a witness to their agreement
inside the covenant chest. He slid the poles through the
rings on the chest and covered the chest with the

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seat of Mercy, where sins are atoned. He carried the
covenant chest into the congregation tent and hung the veil
to screen it from sight, exactly as the Eternal One
had instructed him. He then placed the table on the
northern end of the sanctuary of the congregation tent outside
of the veil. He arranged the bread on the table
before the eternal exactly as the Eternal One had instructed him.

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He took the lamp stand into the sanctuary of the
congregation tent and set it up on the southern end,
directly opposite the table. He lit the lamps before the
eternal One, exactly as the Eternal One had instructed him.
He put the golden altar in front of the veil
within the sanctuary and burned fragrant incense on it, exactly
as the Eternal One had instructed him. He hung the

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screen at the entrance of the congregation tent. He put
the altar for burnt offering in front of the entrance
to the sanctuary of the Congregation tent. Inside the courtyard,
he offered burnt offerings and great offerings on it, exactly
as the Eternal One had instructed him. He put the
basin between the sanctuary and the altar for burnt offerings
and filled it with water so Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's

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sons could wash their hands and feet and cleanse themselves
when they went into the congregation tent, and when they
came near the altar, they washed themselves, exactly as the
Eternal One had instructed Moses. Moses then raised the posts
and panels that enclosed the courtyard around the congregation tent
and altar. He put up the screen at the court entrance.

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Moses completed the work. At that moment, a cloud blanketed
the congregation tent, and the glory of the Eternal filled
the sanctuary. Moses could not even go into the congregation
tent because the cloud had enveloped it, and the glory
of the Eternal filled the sanctuary. Through all their wanderings
in the desert, whenever the cloud lifted up from the

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congregation tent, the Israelites would break camp and set out,
But when the cloud covered the tent, they remained where
they were and did not set out until once again
the cloud lifted through all their wanderings. The cloud of
the Eternal stood over the congregation tent during the day,
and at night fire was lit for all the community
of Israel to see.