| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7 1/2 feet long, and 7 1/2 feet wide; it must be 4 1/2 feet high. | 1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. |
| 2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. | 2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. |
| 3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. | 3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. |
| 4Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. | 4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. |
| 5Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. | 5Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
| 6Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. | 6Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. |
| 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. | 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. They are to make it just as it was shown to you on the mountain." | 8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. |
| 9You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side. | 9You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, |
| 10There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. | 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts. |
| 11Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. | 11Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. |
| 12Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. | 12The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases. |
| 13Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet. | 13The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide. |
| 14Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. | 14Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases, |
| 15And make the hangings on the other side 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. | 15and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases. |
| 16The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases." | 16The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases. |
| 17All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. | 17All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. |
| 18The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7 1/2 feet, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze. | 18The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases. |
| 19All the tools of the tabernacle for every use and all its tent pegs as well as all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze." | 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze. |
| 20You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually. | 20And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. |
| 21In the tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the LORD. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations." | 21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come. |
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