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 must make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar must be square and three cubits high.

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

You must make extensions of its four corners shaped like ox horns. The horns will be made as one piece with the altar, and you must cover them 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 must make equipment for the altar: pots for ashes, and also shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. You must make all these utensils with 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 must make a grate for the altar, a network of bronze. Make a bronze ring for each of the grate's four corners.

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

You must put the grate under the ledge of the altar, halfway down to the bottom.

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

You must make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you must cover 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.

The poles must be put into the rings, and the poles must be on the two 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 must make the altar hollow, out of planks. You must make it in the way you were shown 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 must make a courtyard for the tabernacle. There must be hangings on the south side of the courtyard, hangings of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long.

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

The hangings must have twenty posts, with twenty bronze bases. There must also be hooks attached to the posts, as well as silver rods.

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 along the north side, there must be hangings one hundred cubits long with twenty posts, twenty bronze bases, hooks attached to the posts, and silver rods.

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

Along the courtyard on the west side there must be a curtain fifty cubits long. There must be ten posts and ten bases.

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

The courtyard must also be fifty cubits long on the east side.

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

The hangings for one side of the entrance must be fifteen cubits long. They must have three posts with three bases.

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

The other side must also have hangings fifteen cubits long. They must have their three posts and three 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.

The courtyard gate must be a curtain twenty cubits long. The curtain must be made of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer. It must have four posts with four bases.

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

All the courtyard posts must have silver rods, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

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 courtyard must be one hundred cubits, the width fifty cubits, and the height five cubits with fine twined linen hangings all along, and bases 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 equipment to be used in the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and courtyard must be made 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 must command the people of Israel to bring olive oil, pure and pressed, for the lamps so they may 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 curtain that is in front of the tabernacle that contains the ark of testimony, Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning before Yahweh, from evening to morning. This requirement will be a lasting ordinance throughout the generations of the people of Israel.