Exodus 27

1 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, eight feet seven inches long, and eight feet seven inches broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be five feet two inches.

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 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with bronze.

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

3 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of bronze.

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

4 You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

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

5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

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

6 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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

7 Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying 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 You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.

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

9 "You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred seventy-two feet three inches 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 its pillars shall be thirty-four feet five inches, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

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

11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred seventy-two feet three inches, and its pillars thirty-four feet five inches, and their sockets thirty-four feet five inches, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

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

12 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of eighty-six feet one inch; their pillars seventeen feet three inches, and their sockets seventeen feet three inches.

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

13 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be eighty-six feet one inch.

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

14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be twenty-five feet ten inches; their pillars five feet two inches, and their sockets five feet two inches.

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

15 For the other side shall be hangings of twenty-five feet ten inches; their pillars five feet two inches, and their sockets five feet two inches.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of thirty-four feet five inches, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars six feet eleven inches, and their sockets six feet eleven inches.

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 around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.

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

18 The length of the court shall be one hundred seventy-two feet three inches, and the breadth eighty-six feet one inch every where, and the height eight feet seven inches, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.

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 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.

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 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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 Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of 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.