Exodus 27

The Altar

27:1 “You are to make the¹ altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long,² and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square,³ and its height is to be⁴ four feet six inches. 27:2 You are to make its four horns⁵ on its four corners; its horns will be part of it,⁶ and you are to overlay it with bronze. 27:3 You are to make its pots for the ashes,⁷ its shovels, its tossing bowls,⁸ its meat hooks, and its fire pans – you are to make all⁹ its utensils of bronze. 27:4 You are to make a grating¹⁰ for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners. 27:5 You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come¹¹ halfway up the altar.¹² 27:6 You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. 27:7 The poles are to be put¹³ into the rings so that the poles will be on two sides of the altar when carrying it.¹⁴ 27:8 You are to make the altar hollow, out of boards. Just as it was shown you¹⁵ on the mountain, so they must make it.¹⁶

The Courtyard

27:9 “You are to make the courtyard¹⁷ of the tabernacle. For the south side¹⁸ there are to be hangings¹⁹ for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side,²⁰ 27:10 with²¹ twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. 27:11 Likewise²² for its length on the north side, there are to be²³ hangings for one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands²⁴ on the posts. 27:12 The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases. 27:13 The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet. 27:14 The hangings on one side²⁵ of the gate are to be²⁶ twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. 27:15 On the second side²⁷ there are to be²⁸ hangings twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. 27:16 For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases. 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands;²⁹ their hooks are to be³⁰ silver, and their bases bronze. 27:18 The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet³¹ and the width seventy-five feet,³² and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings³³ is to be³⁴ seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases. 27:19 All³⁵ the utensils of the tabernacle used³⁶ in all its service, all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.³⁷

Offering the Oil

27:20 “You are to command the Israelites that they bring³⁸ to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps³⁹ will burn⁴⁰ regularly.⁴¹ 27:21 In the tent of meeting⁴² outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening⁴³ to morning before the Lord. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come.⁴⁴

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