| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. | 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. |
| 2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. | 2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. |
| 3And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. | 3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. |
| 4And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. | 4Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. |
| 5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. | 5Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
| 6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. | 6Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. |
| 7And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. | 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. | 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." |
| 9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: | 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. |
| 10And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. | 10There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. |
| 11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. | 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. |
| 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. | 12Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. |
| 13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. | 13Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet. |
| 14The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 14Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 15And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 15And make the hangings on the other side 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. | 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." |
| 17All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. | 17All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. |
| 18The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. | 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. |
| 19All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. | 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." |
| 20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. | 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. |
| 21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. | 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." |
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