< 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 acacia wood, —of five cubits length and five cubits breadth four square, shall the altar be, and three cubits the height thereof.
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 upon its four corners, of the same, shall be its horns, —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 pans for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls, and its flesh-hooks and its fire-pans, —all its vessels, shalt thou 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.
And thou shalt make to it a grating, a network of bronze, —and thou shalt make upon the network, four rings of bronze, upon the four corners thereof.
5 Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
And thou shalt place it under the margin of the altar beneath, —so shall the network reach unto the midst 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 acacia wood, —and shalt 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 brought into the rings, —so shall the staves be on the two sides of the altar in lifting 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 with boards, shalt thou make it, —as it was showed thee in 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 habitation, —on the south side southward, hangings for the court of fine-twined linen, a hundred cubits in length to the one side;
10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
and the pillars thereof twenty, with their sockets twenty, of bronze, —and the hooks of the pillars and their cross-rods 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, so, for the north side in length, hangings a hundred cubits, —and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty. of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their cross-rods of silver.
12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
And, the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings fifty cubits, —their pillars 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 east side eastward, fifty cubits;
14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
and fifteen cubits the hangings for the side-piece, —their pillars three, and their sockets three;
15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
and, for the second side-piece, fifteen hangings, —their pillars 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, a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, —their pillars four, and their sockets four.
17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
All the pillars of the court round about, to be joined with cross-rods of silver, and 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, a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty throughout and the height five cubits 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 utensils of the habitation, throughout all the service thereof, —and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, 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.
Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee—pure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light, —that the lamp may lift up its flame 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 by the testimony, shall Aaron and his sons order it from evening until morning, before Yahweh, —a statute age-abiding, to their generations, from the sons of Israel.