Exodus 27

1 And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

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 And thou shalt make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

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 And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass.

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 And thou shalt make for it a brazen grate with net-work; and thou shalt make for the grate four brazen rings under the four sides.

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 And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.

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

6 And thou shalt make for the altar staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

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

7 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings; and let the staves be on the sides of the altar to carry it.

The poles must be put into the rings, and the poles must be on the two sides of the altar, to carry it.

8 Thou shalt make it hollow with boards: according to what was shewed thee in the mount, so thou shalt make it.

You must make the altar hollow, out of planks. You must make it in the way you were shown on the mountain.

9 And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for 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 And their pillars twenty, and twenty brazen sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver.

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 Thus [shall there be] to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.

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 And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.

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

13 And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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

14 And the height of the curtains [shall be] of fifty cubits for the one side [of the gate]; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

15 And [for] the second side the height of the curtains [shall be] of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

16 And a veil for the door of the court, the height [of it] of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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 pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their chapiters silver and their brass sockets.

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

18 And the length of the court [shall be] a hundred [cubits] on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.

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 And all the furniture and all the instruments and the pins of the court [shall be] of brass.

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 do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn 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 tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that is before the [ark of the] covenant, shall Aaron and his sons burn it from evening until morning, before the Lord: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the children of Israel.

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.