¹⁷ The congregation tent was erected on the first day of the first month of the second year after the exodus from Egypt. ¹⁸ Moses raised it. He began by laying down the bases, installing the frame panels, attaching the crossbars, and erecting the posts. ¹⁹ He covered the frame of the tent with the tent fabric and then covered that with other layers they made. He did this exactly as the Eternal One had instructed him.