¹⁷ So they put up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month. It was in the second year after they had left Egypt. ¹⁸ When Moses put up the tabernacle, he first put the metal bases in their right places. Then he put up the boards, the bars to hold them, and the poles. ¹⁹ Then he covered the tabernacle with the tent and he put the leather covers over the tent. He did this in the way that the Lord had commanded him.