< Exodus 27 >
1 Moreouer thou shalt make the altar of Shittim wood, fiue cubites long and fiue cubites broade (the altar shall be foure square) and the height thereof three cubites.
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 thou shalt make it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes shalbe of it selfe, and thou shalt couer it with brasse.
Make horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and cover the whole altar with bronze.
3 Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse.
Make all its utensils of bronze: buckets for removing ashes, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
4 And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.
Make a bronze mesh grate for it with a bronze ring on each of its corners.
5 And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.
Put the grate under the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway down the altar.
6 Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse.
Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and cover them with bronze.
7 And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare 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 make the altar holowe betweene the boardes: as God shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
Make the altar hollow, using boards, just as you were shown on the mountain.
9 Also thou shalt make the court of the Tabernacle in the Southside, euen full South: the court shall haue curtaines of fine twined linnen, of an hundreth cubites 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 it shall haue twentie pillars, with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars, and their filets shalbe siluer.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze stands, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 Likewise on the Northside in length there shalbe hangings of an hundreth cubites long, and the twentie pillars thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars and the filets shalbe siluer.
Similarly there are to be curtains placed on the north side in an identical arrangement.
12 And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
The curtains for the west side of the courtyard are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten stands.
13 And the breadth of the court, Eastwarde full East shall haue fiftie cubites.
The east side of the courtyard that faces the sunrise is to be fifty cubits wide.
14 Also hangings of fifteene cubites shalbe on the one side with their three pillars and their three sockets.
Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three stands,
15 Likewise on the other side shalbe hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
and the curtains on the other side just the same.
16 And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure 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 shall haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.
All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze stands.
18 The length of the court shalbe an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at either ende, and the height fiue cubites, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse.
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 Al the vessels of the Tabernacle for al maner seruice thereof, and all the pinnes thereof, and all the pinnes of the court shalbe brasse.
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 And thou shalt commande the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten, for the light, that the lampes may alway burne.
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 Congregation without the vaile, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lord, for a statute for euer vnto their generations, to be obserued by 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.