February 14: Exodus 39:32 – Exodus 40:38; Numbers 9:15–23

Making the Priestly Garments – Exodus 39:32–43

• The work on the tabernacle was finished, and the Hebrew people did all that was commanded of them. They bring everything they've made to Moses, and he blesses them.

The Tabernacle Erected – Exodus 40

• God tells Moses to erect the tabernacle and set up all the furniture on the first day of the month. They are to consecrate it and all its furniture with anointing oil, as well as the altars and utensils. They are then to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, dress them in the holy garments, and anoint them.
• Moses does as the Lord instructs.

The Glory of the Lord

• The cloud covers the tent of meeting and the Lord fills the tabernacle. Moses is not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud is there. Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud is taken up from over the tabernacle, the people set out, and when it is not taken up, they stay where they are. The cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and by night a fire was in it.

The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle – Numbers 9:15–23

• At the command of the Lord (the taking up of the cloud), the people set out, and at the command of the Lord (the cloud settling over the tabernacle), the people stay.