Exodus · Chapter 40

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Þe firſt moneþ, þe firſt day of þe moneþ, þow ſhalt rere þe tabernacle of witneſſyng. And þow ſhalt putte in it þe arke, and þow ſhalt leue before it þe veile. And þe meetbord browȝt forþ þow ſhalt putte vpon it, þat wiþ riȝt ben comaundid. Þe candelſtyk ſhal ſtonde wiþ his lanterns, and þe goldun auter, in whiche ſhal be brent þe encenſe before þe arke of witneſſyng. Þe tente in þe entre of þe tabernacle þow ſhal ſett; and beforn it þe auter of alle brent ſacrifices, þe lauatorie betwix þe auter and þe tabernacle, which þow ſhalt fulfille wiþ water. And þow ſhalt enuyroun þe porche wiþ tentis into þe comyng yn of it.

And þe oyle of an oyntyng takun þow ſhalt anoynte þe tabernacle, wiþ his veſſels, þat þei ben halowid; þe auter of al brent ſacrifice, and al þe veſſels of it; þe lauatorye wiþ his foot. Al wiþ þe oyle of an oynting þow ſhalt ſacre, þat þei ben holi of halowes. And þow ſhalt ſett Aaron and þe ſones of hym at þe dore of þe tabernacle of witneſſyng; and, waſſhen wiþ water, þow ſhalt cloþe wiþ holi cloþes, þat þei mynyſtre to me, and þe anoyntyng of hem profit into euerlaſtynge preſþod. And Moyſes dide alle þinges þat þe Lord comaundid. Þanne þe firſt moneþ of þe ſecounde ȝeer, þe firſt day of þe moneþ, þe tabernacle was ſett.

And Moyſes areryde it, and ſette þe tables, and þe footſtakis, and þe berynge ſtaues, and he ſette þe pilers. And he ſtrauȝte þe roofe vpon þe tabernacle, þe couertour in ſett aboue, as þe Lord comaundide. And he putte þe witneſſyng in þe arke wiþ ynne, berynge ſtaues vnder ſett, and Goddis anſwerynge place þer aboue. And whanne he hadde brouȝt yn þe arke into þe tabernacle, he hongide beforn it þe veyle, þat he fulfille þe heeſt of þe Lord. And he putte þe meetbord in þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, at þe norþ cooſt, wiþ outen þe veyle, ordeynd before þe looues of propoſicioun, as þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes.

And he putte þe candeſtik in þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, forn aȝens þe meetbord, in þe ſowþ parti, ſett bi ordre þe lanterns, after þe heeſt of þe Lord. And he putte þe goldun auter vnder þe roofe of witneſſyng, aȝens þe veile, and he brent vpon it encenſe of ſwete ſmellynge ſpices, as þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes. And he putte þe tente in þe entre of þe tabernacle, and þe auter of alle brent ſacrifices in þe veſtiarie of witneſſyng, offrynge in it al brent ſacrifice, and ſacrifices, as þe Lord hadde comaundide. Þe lauatorie forſoþe he ſette betwix þe tabernacle of witneſſyng and þe auter, fulfillynge it wiþ water.

And Moyſes and Aaron and þe ſones of hym waſſhen her hoondes and feet, whanne þei ȝeden in þe roof of þe couenaunt of pees, and neiȝe ȝeden to þe auter, as þe Lord hadde comaundide to Moyſes. And he reride þe porche, bi enuyroun of þe tabernacle and of þe auter, a tent lad in þe entre of it. After þat alle þingis ben fulfillid, a clowd couerde þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, and þe glorie of þe Lord fulfillide it; ne Moyſes myȝte goo in þe roofe of þe couenaunt of pees, þe clowd couerynge alle þinges, and þe maieſte of þe Lord liȝtnynge, for alle þingis þe clowd hadde couerede.

And if eny tyme þe clowd lafte þe tabernacle, þe ſones of Yrael ȝeden forþ bi her companyes; if it hongide þere aboue, þei dwelten in þe ſame place; þe clowd forſoþe of þe Lord lenyde in day to þe tabernacle, and fier in þe nyȝt, and þe puple of Yrael ſeynge, bi alle her dwellyngis. Here endiþ Exodus and now bigynneþ Leuyticus.