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 the altar of shittim wood: five cubits long, and five cubits broad, a foursquare shall the altar be, and three cubits shall be its height.

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 its horns on its four corners, from itself shall its horns be; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.

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

And thou shalt make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its fire-pans; all its vessels thou shalt make of copper.

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

And thou shalt make for it a grating, of a network of copper; and thou shalt make upon the net four rings of copper, on its four corners.

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, and the net shall reach even to the half 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 copper.

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, when they bear it.

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

Hollow, of boards, shalt thou make it; as it was shown to thee on 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, on the right, the hangings for the court, of twisted linen, shall be a hundred cubits in length, for the one side.

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

And its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; 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 the length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits in length, and its pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be 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 fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be 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 front side, eastward, shall be fifty cubits.

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

And fifteen cubits of hangings shall be on the one wing; their pillars shall be three and their sockets three.

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

And on the other wing shall be fifteen cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be 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 a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, the work of the embroiderer; with four pillars for the same, and their four sockets.

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 copper.

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 one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twisted linen, and the sockets for the same of copper.

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 its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of copper.

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 olive oil, beaten out, for the lighting, to cause a light 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, shall Aaron with his sons arrange it [for] from the evening to the morning, before the Lord; as a statute for ever unto their generations, on behalf of the children of Israel.