Exodus 27

1 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

“You shall also make an altar of setim wood, which will have five cubits in length, and the same in width, that is, four equal sides, and three cubits in height.

2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Now there shall be horns at the four corners of it, and you shall cover it with brass.

3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

And you shall make, for its uses, pans to receive the ashes, and tongs as well as small hooks, and receptacles for fire. You shall fabricate all of its vessels from brass,

4 Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

along with a grating of brass in the manner of a net. At its four corners there shall be four rings of brass,

5 Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

which you shall place under the base of the altar. And the grating will extend even to the middle of the altar.

6 Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

You shall also make, for the altar, two bars of setim wood, which you shall cover with layers of brass.

7 The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

And you shall lead them through the rings, and they will be on both sides of the altar to carry it.

8 Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

You shall not make it solid, but empty and hollow at the interior, just as it was shown to you on the mountain.

9 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

You shall also make the atrium of the tabernacle, at the southern part of which, opposite the meridian, there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen: one side extending for one hundred cubits in length.

10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

And you shall make twenty columns with the same number of bases of brass, the heads of which, with their engravings, shall be made of silver.

11 Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

In like manner also, throughout the length of the north side, there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits, and twenty columns, and the same number of bases of brass, and their heads with their engravings of silver.

12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

Yet truly, along the width of the atrium that looks out toward the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten columns, and the same number of bases.

13 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

Likewise, along the width of the atrium that looks out toward the east, there shall be fifty cubits,

14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

along which there shall be assigned hangings of fifteen cubits for one side, and three columns, and the same number of bases.

15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

And, along the other side, there shall be hangings occupying fifteen cubits, with three columns and the same number of bases.

16 The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Yet truly, at the entrance of the atrium, there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits, of hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery. It shall have four columns, with the same number of bases.

17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

All the columns surrounding the atrium shall be clothed with layers of silver, with silver heads, and with bases of brass.

18 The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

In length, the atrium shall occupy one hundred cubits, in width, fifty; the height shall be of five cubits. And it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and it shall have bases of brass.

19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

All the vessels of the tabernacle, for all uses and ceremonies, even to the tent pegs for its atrium, you shall make of brass.

20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Instruct the sons of Israel so that they may bring you the purest oil of the olive trees, crushed with a pestle, so that a lamp may always burn

21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

in the tabernacle of the testimony, outside of the veil that enshrouds the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall arrange it, so that it may give light in the presence of the Lord, until morning. This shall be a perpetual observance among the sons of Israel, throughout their successions.”