Exodus 27

1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits.

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. 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; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels 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. 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 hollow with 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 cubits 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 Its pillars shall be twenty, 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 length of the north side, there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, 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 width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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

13 The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

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 fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

15 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

and the curtains on the other side just the same.

16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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 cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, 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 covenant, 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.