Exodus 27

1 And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, 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 Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.

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

3 And make all its vessels, the baskets for taking away the dust of the fire, the spades and basins and meat-hooks and fire-trays, of brass.

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 And make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.

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

5 And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way 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 And make rods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.

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

7 And put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.

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

8 The altar is to be hollow, boarded in with wood; make it from the design which you saw 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 And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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 Their twenty pillars and their twenty bases are to be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be of silver.

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 And on the north side in the same way, hangings a hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars of brass on bases of brass; their hooks and their bands are to be of silver.

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 And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars 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 And on the east side the space 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 On the one side of the doorway will be hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars 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 on the other side, hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars 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 And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars 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 pillars round the open space are to have silver bands, with hooks of silver and bases of brass.

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

18 The open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.

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 instruments for the work of the House, and all its nails, and the nails of the open space are to be of brass.

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 Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

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 Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.

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.”