Exodus 27
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1 AND MAKE the altar of acacia wood, five cubits square and three cubits high [within reach of all].
2 Make horns for it on its four corners; they shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 You shall make pots to take away its ashes, and shovels, basins, forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.
4 Also make for it a grate, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will extend halfway down the altar.
6 And make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood overlaid with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put through the rings on the two sides of the altar, with which to carry it. [Num. 4:14, 15.]
8 You shall make [the altar] hollow with slabs or planks; as shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.
9 And 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 Their pillars shall be twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver;
11 Likewise for the north side hangings, a hundred cubits long, and their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver.
12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten sockets.
13 The breadth of the court to the front, the east side, shall be fifty cubits.
14 The hangings for one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets.
15 On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets.
16 And for the gate of the court there shall be a hanging [for a screen] twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered. It shall have four pillars and four sockets for them.
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be joined together with silver rods; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty and the height five cubits, [with hangings of] fine twined linen and sockets of bronze.
19 All the tabernacle's utensils and instruments used in all its service, and all its pegs and all the pegs for the court, shall be of bronze.
20 You shall command the Israelites to provide you with pure oil of crushed olives for the light, to cause it to burn continually [every night].
21 In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which sets apart the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute to be observed on behalf of the Israelites throughout their generations.
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Exodus 27
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The Bronze Altar
1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.#27:1 The altar was approximately 7.5 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (2.3 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high). 2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
3Make all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. 4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. 5Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
6Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
The Courtyard
9You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long#27:9 100 cubits is approximately 150 feet or 45.7 meters; also in verse 11. on one side, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 12The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide,#27:12 50 cubits is approximately 75 feet or 22.9 meters; also in verse 13. with ten posts and ten bases.
13The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide. 14Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long,#27:14 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters; also in verse 15. with three posts and three bases, 15and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
16The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long,#27:16 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters. with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
17All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. 18The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,#27:18 The courtyard was approximately 150 feet long and 75 feet wide (45.7 meters long and 22.9 meters wide). with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high,#27:18 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters. and with bronze bases. 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamps
20And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony,#27:21 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.[’’]
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