Exodus 27

The Bronze Altar

1“And you shall make 1the altar of acacia wood, five 2cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2You shall make 3its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with 4bronze. 3You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings 5at its four corners. 5You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar. 6You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar 6when it is carried. 8You shall make it hollow with planks; 7as it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it.

Court of the Tabernacle

9“You shall make 8the court of the 9tabernacle. 10On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side; 10and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty 11sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their 12bands shall be of silver. 11Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty 13sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. 12For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten 14sockets. 13The width of the court on the 15east side shall be fifty cubits. 14The hangings for the one 16side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three 17sockets. 15And for the 18other 19side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three 20sockets. 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of 21blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a 22weaver, with their four pillars and their four 23sockets. 17All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their 24sockets of bronze. 18The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their 25sockets of bronze. 19All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

20“You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you 26clear oil of beaten olives for the 27light, to make a lamp 28burn continually. 21In the 29tent of meeting, outside 30the veil which is before the testimony, 31Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall be a perpetual 32statute throughout their generations 33for the sons of Israel.