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had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before
the veil:
27 and he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the
altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their
feet thereat:
32 when they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they
came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.
33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
The Cloud over the Tabernacle
34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory
of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
As when, in the creation, God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it, so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God's dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. The shechinah, the divine eternal Word, though not yet made flesh, yet, as a prelude to that event, came and dwelt among them, Joh 1:14. This was henceforward the place of his throne, and the place of the soles of his feet (Eze 43:7); here