| Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1"You 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. | 1"And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. |
| 2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. | 2"You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. |
| 3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. | 3"You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall 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. | 4"You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. |
| 5Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. | 5"You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar. |
| 6Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. | 6"You shall 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. | 7"Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the 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. | 8"You shall make it hollow with planks; as it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it. |
| 9"You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make hangings for the south side of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side | 9"You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side; |
| 10including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. | 10and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. |
| 11And so make hangings 150 feet long for the north side, including twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. | 11"Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. |
| 12For the width of the courtyard, make hangings 75 feet long for the west side, including their ten posts and their ten bases. | 12"For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. |
| 13And for the width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet, | 13"The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. |
| 14make hangings 22 1/2 feet long for one side of the gate, including their three posts and their three bases. | 14"The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. |
| 15And make hangings 22 1/2 feet long for the other side, including their three posts and their three bases. | 15"And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. |
| 16The gate of the courtyard is to have a 30-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts and their four bases. | 16"For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four sockets. |
| 17"All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. | 17"All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze. |
| 18The courtyard is to be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide at each end, and 7 1/2 feet high, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts are to be bronze. | 18"The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze. |
| 19All the utensils 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. | 19"All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. |
| 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 regularly. | 20"You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. |
| 21In the tent of meeting outside the curtain 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. | 21"In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel. |
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