12 “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. 13 You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 14 You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them. 15 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.” 16 Moses did so. According to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.
17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up. 18 Moses raised up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. 19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as the LORD commanded Moses. 20 He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. 21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil. 23 He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. 24 He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. 25 He lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. 26 He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil; 27 and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as the LORD commanded Moses. 28 He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 29 He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash. 31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. 32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses. 33 He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle. 36 When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys; 37 but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
† 1:9: “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
‡ 1:17: The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
† 2:10: “Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.
‡ 2:22: “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
† 3:2: When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).
‡ 3:15: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 4:10: The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
† 6:3: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 10:19: “Red Sea” is the translation for the Hebrew “Yam Suf”, which could be more literally translated “Sea of Reeds” or “Sea of Cattails”. It refers to the body of water currently known as the Red Sea, or possibly to one of the bodies of water connected to it or near it.
† 14:8: or, defiantly.
† 15:1: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
‡ 15:2: Hebrew: יה Yah
§ 15:3: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 15:23: Marah means bitter.
† 16:16: An omer is about 2.2 litres or about 2.3 quarts
‡ 16:31: “Manna” means “What is it?”
§ 16:36: 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel
† 17:7: Massah means testing.
‡ 17:7: Meribah means quarrelling.
§ 17:15: Or, The LORD Nissi. LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 17:16: Hebrew: יה Yah
‡ 17:16: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 18:3: “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
‡ 18:4: Eliezer means “God is my helper”.
† 20:1: After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
‡ 20:7: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
§ 20:7: or, You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain
† 21:32: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.
† 24:10: or, lapis lazuli
† 25:5: or, fine leather
‡ 25:10: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
§ 25:39: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
† 26:2: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
† 27:1: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
‡ 27:1: The altar was to be about 2.3×2.3×1.4 metres or about 7½×7½×4½ feet.
† 28:16: A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
‡ 28:18: or, lapis lazuli
† 29:40: 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel
‡ 29:40: A hin is about 6.5 litres or 1.7 gallons, so a fourth of a hin is about 1.6 litres.
† 30:2: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
‡ 30:13: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
§ 30:13: a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
† 30:15: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
‡ 30:23: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.
§ 30:24: A hin is about 6.5 litres or 1.7 gallons.
† 32:13: or, seed
† 34:5: LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
† 36:9: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
† 37:1: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
‡ 37:24: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
† 38:1: A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.
‡ 38:24: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.
§ 38:24: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.
† 38:25: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
‡ 38:25: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
§ 38:26: a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces
† 38:26: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
‡ 38:27: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
§ 38:28: A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.
† 38:29: A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
‡ 38:29: 70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tonnes.
† 39:9: A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand
