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 make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] long, and five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].
2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans: all its utensils you shall make of bronze.
4 Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
5 Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
6 Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
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.
Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying 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 make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown 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 make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits [150 ft; 457.2 m] long for one side:
10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; 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.
Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits [150 ft; 457.2 m] long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m]; their pillars ten cubits [15 ft; 45.72 m], and their sockets ten cubits [15 ft; 45.72 m].
13 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m].
14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits [22.5 ft; 68.58 m]; their pillars three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m], and their sockets three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].
15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits [22.5 ft; 68.58 m]; their pillars three, and their sockets three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].
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.
For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits [30 ft; 91.44 m], of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four cubits [6 ft; 18.29 m], and their sockets four cubits [6 ft; 18.29 m].
17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
All the pillars of the court around shall have chasak ·joints for binding· made with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
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 [150 ft; 457.2 m], and the width fifty cubits [75 ft; 228.6 m] every where, and the height five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m], of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.
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 instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
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.
“You shall enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails], that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a menorah ·lamp· to burn continually.
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 Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Adonai: it shall be a regulation forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel [God prevails].
