The Altar

1“You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubitsa long and five cubitsb wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubitsc high. 2You are to make hornsd on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. 3You 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. 4You 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. 5You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. 6You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. 7The 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. 8You 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 southe side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubitsf long on one side. 10It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bandsg are to be made of silver. 11Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubitsh long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bandsi are to be made of silver.

12“The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubitsj long with ten pillars and ten sockets. 13The width of the court on the east sidek is to be 50 cubits.l 14The hangings for the one sectionm 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. 16There is to be a screen of 20 cubitsp 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. 17All 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. 18The length of the court is to be 100 cubits,q the width 50 cubits,r and the height five cubits,s with the hangingst of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. 19All 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 burningv continuously. 21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to maintainw the lamp standx from evening until morning in the LORD’s presence. It is to be a perpetual ordinance from generation to generation among the Israelis.”