THE BOOK OF EXODUS

 

Exodus Chapter 27

1 ¶ And make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and three cubits high.

2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners: the horns shall be of one piece with it: and you shall overlay it with brass.

3 And you shall make pots to take away its ashes, also shovels, and basins, and forks, and firepans: make all of its utensils of brass.

4 And make a grating for it, a brass network; and make four brass rings on the four corners of the network.

5 And fasten it below under the ledge of the altar, so that the grid goes down to the midpoint of the altar.

6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that they are on the two sides of the altar, to carry it.

8 You shall make it hollow with boards: it shall be made according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.

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 And there shall be twenty pillars for it and twenty sockets of brass; but the hooks for the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.

11 And likewise there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long for the north side, and twenty pillars and twenty sockets of brass; the hooks for the pillars and their bands being silver.

12 And for the width of the court on the west side there shall be hangings of fifty cubits: and ten pillars, and ten sockets.

13 And the width of the court on 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 And on the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits: with three pillars, and three sockets.

16 And there shall be an hanging of twenty cubits for the gate of the court, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and it shall have four pillars, and four sockets.

17 All the pillars surrounding the court shall be joined together with silver rods; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty at every point, and five cubits high with fine twined linen, and brass sockets.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle used in its service, and all of its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs for the court, shall be brass.

20 ¶ And you shall command the children of Israel, to provide you with clear oil from crushed olives for light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.

21 In the tent of the congregation outside the veil, which is in front of the Word of testimony, Aaron and his sons should tend to this from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute to be observed by the children of Israel forever, through all generations.