Exodus 27

1 Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long and as many broad, that is, foursquare, and three cubits high.

Make an altar of acacia wood. It is to be square and measure five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.

2 And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.

Make horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and cover the whole altar with bronze.

3 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass.

Make all its utensils of bronze: buckets for removing ashes, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

4 And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass,

Make a bronze mesh grate for it with a bronze ring on each of its corners.

5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar.

Put the grate under the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway down the altar.

6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of setim wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass:

Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and cover them with bronze.

7 And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it.

The poles are to be placed in the rings so that the poles are on either side of the altar when it is carried.

8 Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount.

Make the altar hollow, using boards, just as you were shown on the mountain.

9 Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side.

Make a courtyard for the Tabernacle. For the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely-spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

10 And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which with their engraving of silver.

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

11 In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver.

Similarly there are to be curtains placed on the north side in an identical arrangement.

12 But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets.

The curtains for the west side of the courtyard are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten stands.

13 In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits.

The east side of the courtyard that faces the sunrise is to be fifty cubits wide.

14 In which there shall be for one side hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars and as many sockets.

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

15 And in the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many sockets.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars with as many sockets.

The entrance to the courtyard is to be twenty cubits wide, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and finely-spun linen, held up by four posts and four stands.

17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads and sockets of brass.

All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze stands.

18 In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass.

The whole courtyard is to be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains made of finely-spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze stands.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the court, thou shalt make of brass.

All the rest of the equipment used in the Tabernacle, including its tent pegs and those for the courtyard, are to be made of bronze.

20 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always,

You are to order the Israelites to bring you pure, hand-pressed olive oil for the lamps so they can go on burning, giving light.

21 In the tabernacle of the testimony without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel.

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning in the Lord's presence from evening until morning. This requirement is to be observed by the Israelites for all generations.