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1 [The LORD continued,] |Make an altar out of acacia wood. It should be 7 1/2 feet square, and 4 1/2 feet high. “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. “Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.
2 Make a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece [of wood] covered with bronze. And 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. Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.
3 |Make all the utensils for it out of bronze: pots for taking away the altar's ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. You 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. Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.
4 |Make a grate for it out of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring for [each of] the four corners of the grate. You 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. Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.
5 Put the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar. And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.
6 |Make poles out of acacia wood for the altar, and cover them with bronze. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it. And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8 |Make the altar out of boards so that it's hollow inside. It must be made just as you were shown on the mountain. You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
9 |Make a courtyard for the tent. The south side of the courtyard should be 150 feet long and have curtains made out of fine linen yarn, “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. “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
10 [hung] on 20 posts [set in] 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 The north side should be the same: 150 feet long, with curtains on 20 posts set in 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. And 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. The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12 |The courtyard on the west end should be 75 feet wide and have curtains [hung] on ten posts [set in] ten bases. And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. “The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases.
13 On the east end, facing the rising sun, the courtyard should also be 75 feet wide. The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide.
14 Each side [of the entrance] will be 22 1/2 feet wide with curtains [hung on] three posts [set in] three bases. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,
15 On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases.
16 |The entrance to the courtyard must have a 30-foot screen made from fine linen yarn, embroidered with violet, purple, and bright red yarn, [hung] on four posts [set in] four bases. For 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. “For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer—with four posts and four bases.
17 All the posts around the courtyard should have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.
18 The courtyard should be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 7 1/2 feet high, with [curtains] made of fine linen yarn and with bronze bases. The 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. The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
19 |All the things for the tent, no matter how they're used, including all the pegs for the tent and the courtyard, must be made of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.
20 |For the lighting, you must command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil so that the lamps won't go out. “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. “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.
21 In the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in the LORD's presence from evening until morning. This is a permanent law among the Israelites for generations to come.| In 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. In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
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