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## Exodus 40:1-8 in Context (Verses 1–11 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/exodus/40/1) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/exodus/40/2) On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/exodus/40/3) And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/exodus/40/4) And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/exodus/40/5) And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/exodus/40/6) And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/exodus/40/7) And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/exodus/40/8) And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/exodus/40/9) And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that *is* therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/exodus/40/10) And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/exodus/40/11) And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
 
[Exodus 39](/kjv/exodus/39) [Leviticus 1](/kjv/leviticus/1)

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