17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Mishkan was erected. 18 And Moshe erected the Mishkan, and fastened its sockets, and set up the kerashim thereof, and put in the crossbars thereof, and set up its ammudim. 19 And he spread the Ohel over the Mishkan, and put the Mikhseh of the Ohel on it from above; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 20 And he took and placed HaEdut (The Testimony, T.N. i.e., the Stone Tablets of the Ten Commandments) into HaAron, and set the carrying poles on the Aron, and put the Kapporet upon the Aron from above; 21 And he brought the Aron into the Mishkan, and set up the Parochet HaMasach, and shielded with a covering over the Aron HaEdut; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 22 And he put the Shulchan in the Ohel Mo'ed, upon the north side of the Mishkan, outside the Parochet. 23 And he set the Lechem in order upon it before Hashem; as Hashem had commanded Moshe. 24 And he put the Menorah in the Ohel Mo'ed, opposite the Shulchan, on the south side of the Mishkan. 25 And he set up the nerot (lamps) before Hashem; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 26 And he put the Mizbe'ach Hazahav in the Ohel Mo'ed before the Parochet; 27 And he burned ketoret spices thereon; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 28 And he set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan (Curtain of the Entrance of the Tabernacle). 29 And he put the Mizbe'ach HaOlah at the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed, and offered upon it the olah (burnt offering) and the minchah; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 30 And he set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo'ed and the Mizbe'ach, and put mayim there, to wash withal. 31 And Moshe and Aharon and his banim washed their hands and their feet thereat; 32 When they went into the Ohel Mo'ed, and when they came near unto the Mizbe'ach, they washed; as Hashem commanded Moshe. 33 And he erected the khatzer (courtyard) all around the Mishkan and the Mizbe'ach, and set up the Masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer. So Moshe finished the work.

34 Then the Anan covered the Ohel Mo'ed, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan. 35 And Moshe was not able to enter into the Ohel Mo'ed, because the [Shekinah] cloud abode thereon, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan. 36 And when the Anan was taken up from over the Mishkan, the Bnei Yisroel went onward in all their journeys; 37 But if the Anan were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the Anan Hashem was upon the Mishkan by day, and Eish was on it by night, in the sight of all the Bais Yisroel, throughout all their journeys. [T.N. The Theme of gracious, unmerited Deliverance and Salvation for an Am Kesheh Oref (Obstinate Stiffnecked People) has been presented in the Second Book of Moses.] [VAYIKRA]