"On the firstdayof the firstmonthyou shall setup the tabernacleof the tentof meeting.
for I have not dweltin a housesincethe daythat I broughtup Israelto thisday,but I have gonefrom tentto tentand from [one] dwellingplace[to another].
In the firstyearof his reign,in the firstmonth,he openedthe doorsof the houseof the LORDand repairedthem.
"On this dayin the monthof Abib,you are about to goforth.
In the thirdmonthafter the sonsof Israelhad goneout of the landof Egypt,on that very daythey cameinto the wildernessof Sinai.
"Moreover you shall makethe tabernaclewith tencurtainsof finetwistedlinenand blueand purpleand scarlet[material]; you shall makethem with cherubim,the workof a skillfulworkman.
"Then you shall erectthe tabernacleaccording to its planwhichyou have been shownin the mountain.
"Then you shall makecurtainsof goats'[hair] for a tentoverthe tabernacle;you shall makeelevencurtainsin all.
"In the tentof meeting,outsidethe veilwhichis beforethe testimony,Aaronand his sonsshall keepit in orderfrom eveningto morningbeforethe LORD;[it shall be] a perpetualstatutethroughout their generationsfor the sonsof Israel.
"You shall beatsomeof it veryfine,and putpart of it beforethe testimonyin the tentof meetingwhereI will meetwith you; it shall be mostholyto you.
the tabernacle,its tentand its covering,its hooksand its boards,its bars,its pillars,and its sockets;
He madefiftyclaspsof bronzeto jointhe tenttogetherso that it would be a unit.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"You shall setthe altarof burntofferingin frontof the doorwayof the tabernacleof the tentof meeting.
In the twenty-fifthyearof our exile,at the beginningof the year,on the tenthof the month,in the fourteenthyearafterthe citywas taken,on that samedaythe handof the LORDwas upon me and He broughtme there.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"In the first[month], on the firstof the month,you shall takea youngbullwithoutblemishand cleansethe sanctuary.
Then the LORDspoketo Mosesin the wildernessof Sinai,in the tentof meeting,on the firstof the secondmonth, in the secondyearafter they had comeout of the landof Egypt,saying,
Now on the daythat Moseshad finishedsettingup the tabernacle,he anointedit and consecratedit with allits furnishingsand the altarand allits utensils;he anointedthem and consecratedthem also.
Thus the LORDspoketo Mosesin the wildernessof Sinai,in the firstmonthof the secondyearafter they had comeout of the landof Egypt,saying,
Now on the daythat the tabernaclewas erectedthe cloudcoveredthe tabernacle,the tentof the testimony,and in the eveningit was like the appearanceof fireoverthe tabernacle,untilmorning.
