| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 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 make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be 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. | 2You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to 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. | 3You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze. |
| 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. | 4You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. |
| 5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. | 5You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. |
| 6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. | 6You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to 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 for it are to be put through the rings, so the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it's carried. |
| 8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. | 8You are to make it hollow out of boards—just as it was shown you on the mountain, that's how they are to make it." |
| 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: | 9"You are to make the court of the tent. On the south side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 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. | 10It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. |
| 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 for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. |
| 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. | 12"The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits long with ten pillars and ten sockets. |
| 13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. | 13The width of the court on the east side is to be 50 cubits. |
| 14The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 14The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets. |
| 15And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. | 15"For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three sockets. |
| 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. | 16There is to be a screen of 20 cubits of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. |
| 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 pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. |
| 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 length of the court is to be 100 cubits, the width 50 cubits, and the height five cubits, with the hangings of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. |
| 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 tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to 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. | 20"And you are to command the Israelis to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand, for the light in order to keep the lamp burning continuously. |
| 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 curtain that is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to maintain the lamp stand from evening until morning in the LORD's presence. It is to be a perpetual ordinance from generation to generation among the Israelis." |
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