1Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

2Mense primo,“In the first month,prima die mensis,on the first day of the month,eriges tabernaculum testimonii,you shall raise the tabernacle of the testimony,

3et pones in eo arcam,and you shall place the ark in it,dimittesque ante illam velum:and you shall release the veil before it.

4et illata mensa,And having brought in the table,pones super eam quæ rite præcepta sunt.you shall place the things which were solemnly commanded upon it.Candelabrum stabit cum lucernis suis,The lampstand shall stand with its lamps,

5et altare aureum,and the altar of gold,in quo adoletur incensum,in which the incense is burned,coram arca testimonii.shall stand before the ark of the testimony.Tentorium in introitu tabernaculi pones,You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

6et ante illud altare holocausti:and before it, the altar of holocaust.

7labrum inter altare et tabernaculum,The washtub shall stand between the altar and the tabernacle,quod implebis aqua.and you shall fill it with water.

8Circumdabisque atrium tentoriis,And you shall encompass the atriumet ingressum ejus.and its entrance with hangings.

9Et assumpto unctionis oleo unges tabernaculum cum vasis suis,And, having taken up the oil of unction, you shall anoint the tabernacle along with its articles,ut sanctificentur:so that they may be sanctified.

10altare holocausti et omnia vasa ejus,The altar of holocaust and all its vessels,

11labrum cum basi sua:the washtub with its base,omnia unctionis oleo consecrabis,and all things, you shall consecrate with the oil of unction,ut sint Sancta sanctorum.so that they may be the Holy of holies.

12Applicabisque AaronAnd you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,et filios ejus ad fores tabernaculi testimonii,and,et lotos aquahaving washed them with water,

13indues sanctis vestibus,you shall clothe them in the holy vestments,ut ministrent mihi,so that they may minister to me,et unctio eorum in sacerdotium sempiternum proficiat.and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”

14Fecitque Moyses omnia quæ præceperat Dominus.And Moses did all that the Lord had instructed.

15Igitur mense primo anni secundi,Therefore, in the first month of the second year,prima die mensis, collocatum est tabernaculum.on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was put in place.

16Erexitque Moyses illud,And Moses raised it up,et posuit tabulas ac bases et vectes,and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars,statuitque columnas,and he set up the columns,

17et expandit tectum super tabernaculum,and he stretched out the roof over the tabernacle,imposito desuper operimento,imposing a cover above it,sicut Dominus imperaverat.just as the Lord had decreed.

18Posuit et testimonium in arca,And he placed the testimony in the ark,subditis infra vectibus,applying the bars beneath,et oraculum desuper.and the oracle above.

19Cumque intulisset arcam in tabernaculum,And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle,appendit ante eam velum ut expleret Domini jussionem.he drew the veil before it, in order to fulfill the commandment of the Lord.

20Posuit et mensam in tabernaculo testimonii ad plagam septentrionalem extra velum,And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

21ordinatis coram propositionis panibus,arranging before it the bread of the presence,sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi.just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

22Posuit et candelabrum in tabernaculo testimonii e regione mensæ in parte australi,And he placed the lampstand in the tabernacle of the testimony, away from the table, on the south side,

23locatis per ordinem lucernis,setting the lamps in order,juxta præceptum Domini.according to the precept of the Lord.

24PosuitHe also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony,et altare aureum sub tecto testimonii contra velum,opposite the veil,

25et adolevit super eo incensum aromatum,and he heaped upon it the incense of aromatics,sicut jusserat Dominus Moysi.just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

26Posuit et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi testimonii,And he positioned the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony,

27et altare holocausti in vestibulo testimonii,and the altar of holocaust in the vestibule of the testimony,offerens in eo holocaustum,offering the holocaustet sacrificia,and the sacrifices upon it,ut Dominus imperaverat.just as the Lord had decreed.

28Labrum quoque statuit inter tabernaculum testimoniiLikewise,et altare,he stationed the washtub between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar,implens illud aqua.filling it with water.

29Laveruntque Moyses et Aaron ac filii ejus manus suas et pedes,And Moses and Aaron, along with his sons, washed their hands and feet,

30cum ingrederentur tectum fœderis,whenever they would enter the covering of the covenant,et accederent ad altare,and when they approached to the altar,sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi.just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

31Erexit et atrium per gyrum tabernaculi et altaris,And he raised up the atrium around the tabernacle and the altar,ducto in introitu ejus tentorio.drawing the hanging at its entrance.Postquam omnia perfecta sunt,After all these things were perfected,

32operuit nubes tabernaculum testimonii,the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony,et gloria Domini implevit illud.and the glory of the Lord filled it.

33Nec poterat Moyses ingredi tectum fœderis,Neither could Moses enter the covering of the covenant:nube operiente omnia,the cloud was covering all things,et majestate Domini coruscante,and the majesty of the Lord was flashing.quia cuncta nubes operuerat.For the cloud had covered everything.

34Siquando nubes tabernaculum deserebat,Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle,proficiscebantur filii Israël per turmas suas:the sons of Israel set out by their companies.

35si pendebat desuper,But if it remained hanging over it,manebant in eodem loco.they remained in the same place.

36Nubes quippe Domini incubabat per diem tabernaculo,Certainly, the cloud of the Lord lay over the tabernacle by day,et ignis in nocte,and the fire by night,videntibus cunctis populis Israël per cunctas mansiones suas.being seen by all the people of Israel throughout all their resting places.