Exodus 40:10-20 Modern English Version (MEV)

10. Then you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

11. You shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.

12. Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

13. You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may minister to Me as a priest.

14. You shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.

15. Then you shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister to Me as priests, for their anointing will surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

16. Thus Moses did. According to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.

17. In the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

18. Moses erected the tabernacle and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.

19. Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

20. He took the testimony and put it into the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

Exodus 40