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"Then you shall take the anointingoil and 1anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy.
10
"You shall anoint the altar of burntoffering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and 2the altar shall be mostholy.
11
"You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and consecrate it.
This chapter contains the order for setting up the tabernacle, and placing the furniture of it where it was the will of God it should be put, Ex 40:1-8 and for the anointing it, and all its vessels, and also Aaron and his sons, Ex 40:9-16 all which were accordingly done, the tabernacle was reared up, and everything was put in its proper place, Ex 40:16-33 upon which a cloud covered the tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses could not enter; which cloud afterwards was a direction in their journeys, by night and by day, Ex 40:34-38.