Exodus 27:1-18 ▼

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.

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.

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.

4 |Make a grate for it out of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring for [each of] the four corners of the grate.

5 Put the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar.

6 |Make poles out of acacia wood for the altar, and cover them with bronze.

7 The poles should be put through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it.

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.

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,

10 [hung] on 20 posts [set in] 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver.

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.

12 |The courtyard on the west end should be 75 feet wide and have curtains [hung] on ten posts [set in] ten bases.

13 On the east end, facing the rising sun, the courtyard should also be 75 feet wide.

14 Each side [of the entrance] will be 22 1/2 feet wide with curtains [hung on] three posts [set in] three bases.

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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.

17 All the posts around the courtyard should have silver bands, silver 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.