Mosaico decorativo

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. "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height 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 you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

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. You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze.

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. You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and upon the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

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

5. And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar.

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

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

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 poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when it is carried.

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

8. You shall make it hollow, with boards; as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

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. "You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a 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. their pillars shall be twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but 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 its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be 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 there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.

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

13. The breadth of the court on the front to the east 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 for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.

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

15. On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.

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. For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

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 around the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

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 a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.

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 utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

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 you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may be set up to burn continually.

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 tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute for ever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.



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