| Chapter 27 |
1 | And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits. |
2 | And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper. |
3 | And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper. |
4 | And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of copper; and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners; |
5 | and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar. |
6 | And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with copper. |
7 | And its staves shall be put into the rings, that the staves may be on both sides of the altar, when it is carried. |
8 | Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make [it]. |
9 | And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side, |
10 | and the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty bases of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. |
11 | And likewise on the north side in length, hangings a hundred [cubits] long, and its twenty pillars, and their twenty bases of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. |
12 | -- And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten. |
13 | -- And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits; |
14 | the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three. |
15 | And on the other wing hangings of fifteen [cubits]; their pillars three, and their bases three. |
16 | -- And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four. |
17 | All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together with [rods of] silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper. |
18 | The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper. |
19 | All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper. |
20 | And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually. |
21 | In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: [it is] an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel. |