Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The t…

He lighted the lamps. — When the proper time came, that is, at evening. (Leviticus 24:3.)

And he lighted the lamps before the Lord
The seven lamps belonging to it: this, though it was the busine of the prie…

When the tabernacle and its furnishings were prepared, they did not delay setting it up until they came to Canaan; but, in obedience to the will of…