Exodus 27

The Altar of Burnt Offering

27“You ^mare to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; ⁿit must be 4½ feet high. ^o2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. ^pOverlay it with bronze. ^q3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. ⁵Set it below, under the altar’s ledge, ^rso that the mesh comes halfway up ^sthe altar. ⁶Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, 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. 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. ^t

The Courtyard

⁹“You ^uare to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet ^vlong on that side. ¹⁰There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands ^wof the posts must be silver. ¹¹Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet ^xlong. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands ^yof the posts must be silver. ¹²Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet ^zlong, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. ¹³Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet. ^a14Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22½ feet, ^bincluding their three posts and their three bases. ¹⁵And make the hangings on the other side 22½ feet, ^cincluding their three posts and their three bases. ¹⁶The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot ^dscreen ^eembroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases.

¹⁷“All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have 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 7½ feet, ^fall of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze. 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.

The Lampstand Oil

²⁰“You 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 tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, ^gAaron and his sons are to tend the lamp ^hfrom evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute ⁱfor the Israelites throughout their generations.