| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. | 1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. |
| 2You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze. | 2And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. |
| 3Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. | 3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. |
| 4You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. | 4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. |
| 5You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar. | 5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. |
| 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. | 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. |
| 7The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it. | 7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it. | 8You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. |
| 9“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side. | 9“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. |
| 10And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver. | 10Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. |
| 11Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. | 11And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. |
| 12“And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. | 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. |
| 13The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. | 13The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. |
| 14The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. | 14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. |
| 15And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. | 15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. |
| 16“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets. | 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. |
| 17All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. | 17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. |
| 18The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. | 18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. |
| 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. | 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. |
| 20“And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. | 20“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. |
| 21In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel. | 21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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