1‘Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits[1] high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.[2]2Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.3Make all its utensils of bronze – its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.4Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.5Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.6Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried.8Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
The courtyard
9‘Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits[3] long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.11The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.12‘The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits[4] wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases.13On the east end, towards the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide.14Curtains fifteen cubits[5] long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,15and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases.16‘For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits[6] long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer – with four posts and four bases.17All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.18The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,[7] with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits[8] high, and with bronze bases.19All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.
Oil for the lampstand
20‘Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.21In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
Exodus 27
English Standard Version
The Bronze Altar
1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits[1] long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. (Ex 38:1; Eze 43:13)2And 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. (Ex 29:12; Ex 30:2; Le 4:7; Le 4:30; Nu 16:38; 1Ki 1:50; Ps 118:27)3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. (1Sa 2:13)4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.8You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. (Ex 25:40)
The Court of the Tabernacle
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. (Ex 38:9)10Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.11And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.13The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. (Ex 26:36)17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.18The 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.19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
Oil for the Lamp
20“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. (Le 24:1)21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. (Ex 25:22; Ex 26:31; Ex 29:42; Ex 30:36)