Exodus 40

³⁰So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

⁴Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.

¹Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

²“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

¹On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.

¹⁷So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

¹⁸When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

¹On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

¹²the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

⁵Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.

¹⁹Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

¹⁴And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.

²⁰Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

²¹Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.

²²And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

⁸Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the Lord on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

¹⁰He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

¹¹He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

²³You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

²⁴Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

³⁵And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

³⁶For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

²²Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

²³He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.

⁵You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

⁶and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the Lord.

¹⁹Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

²⁰by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

¹My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

²He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

²⁴For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

²⁵Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

²⁶And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.

³⁶For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

³⁷Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold, use hooks of gold, and cast five bronze bases for them.

²⁹He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the Lord had commanded him.

¹“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

⁶to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

⁷In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

²He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

¹Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

⁹This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

¹⁰And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

⁶I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O Lord,

⁷But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

²²let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

¹“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

⁵He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

¹⁹with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

⁹Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

¹⁰with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

⁹You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

¹⁰with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

²⁸And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

³³And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

¹¹And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

¹²to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

¹⁰Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.

¹On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.

³⁹the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

²²placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

¹⁶As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

²³“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

²⁴500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

³⁵The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

³⁶Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.

³⁷For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

¹The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

³⁰It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

²¹God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

²⁶Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

¹Then the Lord said to Moses,

²“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

¹“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,

²along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,

¹On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

²He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the Lord.

¹The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

³For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

³⁴For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

⁴¹After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.

²⁰You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

²⁷And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

¹⁹For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

³⁴For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

²⁹How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

¹⁶From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

¹⁴Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

⁹God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

³⁰It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

³For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

⁴They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹³It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

¹⁷For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁸So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

¹The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

²and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

¹Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

²He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.

⁴The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁴And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the Lord, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

¹Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

¹⁷So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

¹⁸When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

²Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

²⁰and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

²¹Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

²²But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

⁴²The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁴³And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

¹On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.

¹In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

¹Then the Lord said to Moses,

²“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁵You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

¹⁶Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

²⁷My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

²⁸Then the nations will know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

¹⁵in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

¹¹And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

²⁴And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

⁸All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

⁹Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

¹“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

²Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

³⁴And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁶Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

⁴containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

⁸I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

¹⁶And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

¹⁷And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

¹⁹Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

²⁰by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

³Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

³³And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

¹²the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

¹⁹Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

²⁰by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

³⁵And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

⁸Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁵³So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

⁵⁴Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

²⁴He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

⁴Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

³⁰And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

²A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

⁴He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

¹²Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

³⁵And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

⁵Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

⁹The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

⁵The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁴Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

³⁷Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

⁵From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

⁵Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

¹When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

²For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

¹My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

²⁵Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

¹“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

²It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

¹For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

⁷And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

⁵Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

⁹I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

¹⁸For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

⁹Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

¹⁰with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

¹⁹Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

²⁰by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

⁶Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

¹“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

⁶So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

¹⁰We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

²⁴and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

²⁵God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

¹Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

⁷And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

⁸Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

²⁵I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

²²let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

¹⁸“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

¹⁹with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

¹⁹with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

²⁰Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

⁶I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O Lord,

¹⁰Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

⁷But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

⁶Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

¹⁹with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.

²⁰Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

¹⁹Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the Lord had commanded him.

¹⁹How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

⁸Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

⁹You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

¹⁰with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

²He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

³For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

¹⁸For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

¹⁵For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

⁵⁰Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

¹⁵On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

¹⁶It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

²The priests were unable to enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled it.

²³And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

²⁴By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

⁴³I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

¹⁹And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

²⁰so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

¹¹so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

²And the Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

²The priests were unable to enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled it.

⁴At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

¹³The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud

¹⁴so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

¹⁹You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

¹⁷Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

¹¹On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

¹²and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

²¹And the Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

²²Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

¹⁷For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

¹⁸Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

¹⁴He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

¹⁹Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the Lord’s charge and did not set out.

²⁰Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command.

¹⁵My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

¹⁴He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

²¹And the Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

¹⁵On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

⁵Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

⁶a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.