The Altar

27 “You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits^[a] long and five cubits^[b] wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits^[c] high. ² You are to make horns^[d] on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. ³ You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. ⁵ You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. ⁶ You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. ⁷ The poles for it are to be put through the rings, so the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it’s carried. ⁸ You are to make it hollow out of boards—just as it was shown you on the mountain, that’s how they are to make it.”

The Court of the Tent

⁹ “You are to make the court of the tent. On the south^[e] side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits^[f] long on one side. ¹⁰ It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands^[g] are to be made of silver. ¹¹ Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits^[h] long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands^[i] are to be made of silver.

¹² “The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits^[j] long with ten pillars and ten sockets. ¹³ The width of the court on the east side^[k] is to be 50 cubits.^{[l] 14} The hangings for the one section^[m] are to be fifteen cubits long,^[n] with their three pillars and three sockets.

¹⁵ “For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits,^[o] with their three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ There is to be a screen of 20 cubits^[p] of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court is to be 100 cubits,^[q] the width 50 cubits,^[r] and the height five cubits,^[s] with the hangings^[t] of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze.”

The Oil for the Lamp

²⁰ “And you are to command the Israelis to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand,^[u] for the light in order to keep the lamp burning^[v] continuously. ²¹ In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to maintain^[w] the lamp stand^[x] from evening until morning in the Lord’s presence. It is to be a perpetual ordinance from generation to generation among the Israelis.”