^{17 Ref} It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tent was raised up.

^{18 Ref} Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.

^{19 Ref} He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{20 Ref} He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

^{21 Ref} He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{22 Ref} He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil.

^{23 Ref} He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{24 Ref} He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward.

^{25 Ref} He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{26 Ref} He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;

^{27 Ref} and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{28 Ref} He put up the screen of the door to the tent.

^{29 Ref} He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^{30 Ref} He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.

^{31 Ref} Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.

^{32 Ref} When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.