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.

And thou shalt make the altar of shittim wood: five cubits long, and five cubits broad, a foursquare shall the altar be, and three cubits shall be its height.

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

And thou shalt make its horns on its four corners, from itself shall its horns be; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.

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

And thou shalt make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its fire-pans; all its vessels thou shalt make of copper.

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

And thou shalt make for it a grating, of a network of copper; and thou shalt make upon the net four rings of copper, on its four corners.

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

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net shall reach even to the half of the altar.

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

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with copper.

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 the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when they bear 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.

Hollow, of boards, shalt thou make it; as it was shown to thee on the mount, so shall they make it.

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,

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side, on the right, the hangings for the court, of twisted linen, shall be a hundred cubits in length, for the one side.

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

And its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be 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.

And likewise for the north side in the length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits in length, and its pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

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

And [for] the breadth of the court on the west side shall be fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be ten, and their sockets ten.

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

And the breadth of the court on the front side, eastward, shall be fifty cubits.

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

And fifteen cubits of hangings shall be on the one wing; their pillars shall be three and their sockets three.

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

And on the other wing shall be fifteen cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be three, and their sockets three.

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.

And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, the work of the embroiderer; with four pillars for the same, and their four sockets.

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

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of copper.

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.

The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twisted linen, and the sockets for the same of copper.

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 in all the service thereof, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of copper.

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.

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure olive oil, beaten out, for the lighting, to cause a light to burn always.

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 congregation, without the vail, which is before the testimony, shall Aaron with his sons arrange it [for] from the evening to the morning, before the Lord; as a statute for ever unto their generations, on behalf of the children of Israel.