Exodus, 27

1. 'You will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square and three cubits high.

1. And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

2. At its four corners you will make horns, the horns must be of a piece with it, and you will overlay it with bronze.

2. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

3. And for it you will make pans for taking away the fatty ashes, and shovels, sprinkling basins, hooks and fire pans; you will make all the altar accessories of bronze.

3. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make [of] brass.

4. You will also make a grating for it of bronze network, and on the four corners of the grating you will make four bronze rings.

4. And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

5. You will put it below the ledge of the altar, underneath, so that it comes halfway up the altar.

5. And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

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

6. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

7. The shafts will be passed through the rings in such a way that the shafts are on either side of the altar, for carrying it.

7. And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

8. You will make the altar hollow, out of boards; you will make it as you were shown on the mountain.

8. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make [it].

9. 'Then you will make the court of the Dwelling. On the south side, the curtaining of the court must be of finely woven linen, one hundred cubits long (for the first side),

9. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

10. its twenty poles and their twenty sockets being of bronze, and the poles' hooks and rods of silver.

10. And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [shall be of] silver.

11. So too for the north side, there must be a hundred cubits of curtaining, its twenty poles and their twenty sockets being of bronze, and the poles' hooks and rods of silver.

11. And likewise for the north side in length [there shall be] hangings of an hundred [cubits] long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.

12. Across the width of the court, on the west side, there must be fifty cubits of curtaining, with its ten poles and their ten sockets.

12. And [for] the breadth of the court on the west side [shall be] hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13. The width of the court on the east side, facing the sunrise, must be fifty cubits,

13. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] fifty cubits.

14. with fifteen cubits of curtaining on one side of the entrance, with its three poles and their three sockets,

14. The hangings of one side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15. and on the other side of the entrance, fifteen cubits of curtaining, with its three poles and their three sockets;

15. And on the other side [shall be] hangings fifteen [cubits]: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16. and for the gateway to the court there must be a twenty-cubit screen of finely woven linen embroidered with violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, with its four poles and their four sockets.

16. And for the gate of the court [shall be] an hanging of twenty cubits, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: [and] their pillars [shall be] four, and their sockets four.

17. All the poles round the court must be connected by silver rods; their hooks must be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

17. All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass.

18. The length of the court must be one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits and its height five cubits. All the curtaining must be made of finely woven linen, and their sockets of bronze.

18. The length of the court [shall be] an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits [of] fine twined linen, and their sockets [of] brass.

19. All the accessories for general use in the Dwelling, all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, must be of bronze.

19. All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.

20. 'You will order the Israelites to bring you pure pounded olive oil for the light, and to keep a lamp burning all the time.

20. And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

21. Aaron and his sons will tend it in the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain hanging in front of the Testimony, from dusk to dawn, before Yahweh. This is a perpetual decree for all generations of Israelites.'

21. In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which [is] before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.