Exodus 27

1 “And you have made the altar of shittim wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth—the altar is square—and three cubits [is] its height.

“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

2 And you have made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and you have overlaid it [with] bronze.

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

3 And you have made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels you make of bronze.

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

4 And you have made a grate of network of bronze for it, and have made four rings of bronze on the net on its four extremities,

Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

5 and have put it under the rim of the altar beneath, and the net has been up to the middle of the altar.

Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

6 And you have made poles for the altar, poles of shittim wood, and have overlaid them [with] bronze.

Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

7 And the poles have been brought into the rings, and the poles have been on the two sides of the altar in carrying it.

The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

8 You make it hollow [with] boards; as it has been showed [to] you on the mountain, so do they make [it].

Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

9 And you have made the court of the Dwelling Place: for the south side southward, hangings for the court of twined linen, the length of the first side [is] one hundred by the cubit,

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

10 and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [are] of bronze, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] of silver;

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

11 and so for the north side in length, hangings of one hundred [cubits] in length, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [are] of bronze, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] of silver.

Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

12 And [for] the breadth of the court at the west side [are] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

13 And the breadth of the court at the east side, eastward, [is] fifty cubits.

The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

14 And the hangings at the side [are] fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

15 And at the second side [are] hangings of fifteen [cubits], their pillars three, and their sockets three.

and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

16 And for the gate of the court [is] a covering of twenty cubits of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; their pillars four, their sockets four.

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

17 All the pillars of the court all around [are] filleted [with] silver, their pegs [are] silver, and their sockets bronze.

All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

18 The length of the court [is] one hundred by the cubit, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twined linen, and their sockets [are] bronze;

The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

19 for all the vessels of the Dwelling Place, in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, [are] bronze.

All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

20 And you command the sons of Israel, and they bring pure oil of beaten olive to you for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually.

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

21 In the Tent of Meeting, at the outside of the veil, which [is] over the Testimony, Aaron—his sons also—arrange it from evening until morning before YHWH. [It is] a continuous statute for their generations, from the sons of Israel.”

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.