1Disse o SENHOR a Moisés:2“Arme o tabernáculo, a Tenda do Encontro, no primeiro dia do primeiro mês.3Coloque nele a arca da aliança e proteja-a com o véu.4Traga a mesa e arrume sobre ela tudo o que lhe pertence. Depois traga o candelabro e coloque as suas lâmpadas.5Ponha o altar de ouro para o incenso diante da arca da aliança e coloque a cortina à entrada do tabernáculo.6“Coloque o altar dos holocaustos em frente da entrada do tabernáculo, da Tenda do Encontro;7ponha a bacia entre a Tenda do Encontro e o altar, e encha-a de água.8Arme ao seu redor o pátio e coloque a cortina na entrada do pátio.9“Unja com o óleo da unção o tabernáculo e tudo o que nele há; consagre-o, e com ele tudo o que lhe pertence, e ele será sagrado.10Depois unja o altar dos holocaustos e todos os seus utensílios; consagre o altar, e ele será santíssimo.11Unja também a bacia com a sua base e consagre-a.12“Traga Arão e seus filhos à entrada da Tenda do Encontro e mande-os lavar-se.13Vista depois Arão com as vestes sagradas, unja-o e consagre-o para que me sirva como sacerdote.14Traga os filhos dele e vista-os com túnicas.15Unja-os como você ungiu o pai deles, para que me sirvam como sacerdotes. A unção deles será para um sacerdócio perpétuo, geração após geração”.16Moisés fez tudo conforme o SENHOR lhe havia ordenado.17Assim, o tabernáculo foi armado no primeiro dia do primeiro mês do segundo ano.18Moisés armou o tabernáculo, colocou as bases em seus lugares, armou as molduras, colocou as vigas e levantou as colunas.19Depois estendeu a tenda sobre o tabernáculo e colocou a cobertura sobre ela, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.20Colocou também as tábuas da aliança na arca, fixou nela as varas, e pôs sobre ela a tampa.21Em seguida, trouxe a arca para dentro do tabernáculo e pendurou o véu protetor, cobrindo a arca da aliança, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.22Moisés colocou a mesa na Tenda do Encontro, no lado norte do tabernáculo, do lado de fora do véu,23e sobre ela colocou os pães da Presença, diante do SENHOR, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.24Pôs o candelabro na Tenda do Encontro, em frente da mesa, no lado sul do tabernáculo,25e colocou as lâmpadas diante do SENHOR, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.26Moisés também pôs o altar de ouro na Tenda do Encontro, diante do véu,27e nele queimou incenso aromático, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.28Pôs também a cortina à entrada do tabernáculo.29Montou o altar de holocaustos à entrada do tabernáculo, a Tenda do Encontro, e sobre ele ofereceu holocaustos e ofertas de cereal, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado.30Colocou a bacia entre a Tenda do Encontro e o altar, e encheu-a de água;31Moisés, Arão e os filhos deste usavam-na para lavar as mãos e os pés.32Sempre que entravam na Tenda do Encontro e se aproximavam do altar, eles se lavavam, como o SENHOR tinha ordenado a Moisés.33Finalmente, Moisés armou o pátio ao redor do tabernáculo e colocou a cortina à entrada do pátio. Assim, Moisés terminou a obra.
A Glória do Senhor: o Guia de Israel
34Então a nuvem cobriu a Tenda do Encontro, e a glória do SENHOR encheu o tabernáculo.35Moisés não podia entrar na Tenda do Encontro, porque a nuvem estava sobre ela, e a glória do SENHOR enchia o tabernáculo.36Sempre que a nuvem se erguia sobre o tabernáculo, os israelitas seguiam viagem;37mas, se a nuvem não se erguia, eles não prosseguiam; só partiam no dia em que ela se erguia.38De dia a nuvem do SENHOR ficava sobre o tabernáculo, e de noite havia fogo na nuvem, à vista de toda a nação de Israel, em todas as suas viagens.
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,2“On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. (Ex 12:2; Ex 13:4; Ex 26:30; Ex 40:17)3And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. (Ex 35:12; Ex 40:21)4And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. (Ex 26:35; Ex 40:22; Ex 40:24)5And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. (Ex 39:38; Ex 40:26)6You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, (Ex 40:29)7and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. (Ex 30:18; Ex 40:30)8And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.9“Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. (Ex 30:26)10You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy. (Ex 29:37; Ex 30:28)11You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.12Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water (Lv 8:1)13and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.14You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them,15and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” (Ex 28:41; Ex 29:7; Nm 25:13)16This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.17In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. (Ex 40:2; Nm 7:1)18Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.20He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. (Ex 16:34; Ex 25:16)21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses. (Ex 35:12; Ex 40:3; Ex 40:20)22He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, (Ex 26:35; Ex 40:4)23and arranged the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.24He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, (Ex 26:35)25and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. (Ex 25:37; Ex 40:4)26He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil, (Ex 30:6; Ex 40:5)27and burned fragrant incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.28He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle. (Ex 26:36; Ex 40:5)29And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. (Ex 29:41; Ex 30:9; Ex 40:6)30He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, (Ex 40:7)31with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. (Ex 30:19; Ex 30:21)32When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses.33And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. (Ex 27:9; Ex 27:16; Ex 40:8; Hb 3:2; Hb 3:5)
The Glory of the Lord
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (Ex 13:21; Ex 29:43; Lv 16:2; Nm 9:15; 1 Rs 8:10; 2 Cr 5:13; 2 Cr 7:2; Is 6:4; Ag 2:7; Ag 2:9; Ap 15:8)35And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.36Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. (Nm 9:17; Nm 10:11; Ne 9:19)37But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up. (Nm 9:19)38For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.