Exodus 27

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

And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

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

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

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

And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

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

And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

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

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

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

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

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

And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

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

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

9 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,

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

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

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

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

And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

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

And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

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

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 and the curtains on the other side just the same.

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 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.

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

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

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 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.

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 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.

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 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.

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

21 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.

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Yhwh: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.