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 must make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar must be square 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.

You must make extensions of its four corners shaped like ox horns. The horns will be made as one piece with the altar, and you must cover them 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.

You must make equipment for the altar: pots for ashes, and also shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. You must make all these utensils with bronze.

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,

You must make a grate for the altar, a network of bronze. Make a bronze ring for each of the grate's four corners.

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

You must put the grate under the ledge of the altar, halfway down to the bottom.

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

You must make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you must cover 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 must be put into the rings, and the poles must be on the two sides of the altar, to carry it.

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

You must make the altar hollow, out of planks. You must make it in the way 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 must make a courtyard for the tabernacle. There must be hangings on the south side of the courtyard, hangings of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long.

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

The hangings must have twenty posts, with twenty bronze bases. There must also be hooks attached to the posts, as well as silver rods.

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 along the north side, there must be hangings one hundred cubits long with twenty posts, twenty bronze bases, hooks attached to the posts, and silver rods.

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

Along the courtyard on the west side there must be a curtain fifty cubits long. There must be ten posts and ten bases.

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

The courtyard must also be fifty cubits long on the east side.

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

The hangings for one side of the entrance must be fifteen cubits long. They must have three posts with three bases.

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

The other side must also have hangings fifteen cubits long. They must have their 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 courtyard gate must be a curtain twenty cubits long. The curtain must be made of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer. It must have four posts with 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 courtyard posts must have silver rods, 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 length of the courtyard must be one hundred cubits, the width fifty cubits, and the height five cubits with fine twined linen hangings all along, and bases of bronze.

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 equipment to be used in the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and courtyard must 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.

You must command the people of Israel to bring olive oil, pure and pressed, for the lamps so they may burn 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 curtain that is in front of the tabernacle that contains the ark of testimony, Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning before Yahweh, from evening to morning. This requirement will be a lasting ordinance throughout the generations of the people of Israel.