Exodus 27
1 You must make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar must be square and three cubits high.
"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.
2 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.
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.
3 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.
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.
4 You must make a grate for the altar, a network of bronze. Make a bronze ring for each of the grate's four corners.
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.
5 You must put the grate under the ledge of the altar, halfway down to the bottom.
You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
6 You must make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you must cover them with bronze.
You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles must be put into the rings, and the poles must be on the two sides of the altar, to carry it.
Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
8 You must make the altar hollow, out of planks. You must make it in the way you were shown on the mountain.
You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
9 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.
"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:
10 The hangings must have twenty posts, with twenty bronze bases. There must also be hooks attached to the posts, as well as silver rods.
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.
11 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.
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.
12 Along the courtyard on the west side there must be a curtain fifty cubits long. There must be ten posts and ten bases.
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.
13 The courtyard must also be fifty cubits long on the east side.
The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be eighty-six feet one inch.
14 The hangings for one side of the entrance must be fifteen cubits long. They must have three posts with three bases.
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.
15 The other side must also have hangings fifteen cubits long. They must have their three posts and three bases.
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.
16 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.
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.
17 All the courtyard posts must have silver rods, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
18 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.
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.
19 All the equipment to be used in the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and courtyard must be made of bronze.
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.
20 You must command the people of Israel to bring olive oil, pure and pressed, for the lamps so they may burn continually.
"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.
21 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.
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.
