| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. | 1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. |
| 2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. | 2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. |
| 3And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. | 3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. |
| 4And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. | 4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. |
| 5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. | 5Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
| 6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. | 6Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. |
| 7And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. | 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. | 8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. |
| 9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: | 9You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, |
| 10And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. | 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts. |
| 11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. | 11Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. |
| 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. | 12The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases. |
| 13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. | 13The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide. |
| 14The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 14Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases, |
| 15And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 15and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases. |
| 16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. | 16The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases. |
| 17All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. | 17All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. |
| 18The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. | 18The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases. |
| 19All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. | 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze. |
| 20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. | 20And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. |
| 21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. | 21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come. |
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