Exodus 40:1-5,9-10,16,34-35 (Vespers – Entry of the Theotokos)

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Exodus 40:1-5,9-10,16,34-35 (Vespers – Entry of the Theotokos)

The LORD said to Moses,  “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.  And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.  And you shall bring in the table, and set its arrangements in order; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps.  And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 

Then you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture; and it shall become holy.  You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar; and the altar shall be most holy.

 Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.  And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.