| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. | 1You 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. |
| 2Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. | 2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. |
| 3Make all its utensils of bronze--its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. | 3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. |
| 4Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network. | 4Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. |
| 5Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar. | 5Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
| 6Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. | 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 they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried. | 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. | 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." |
| 9"Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, | 9You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side. |
| 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. | 10There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. |
| 11The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. | 11Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. |
| 12"The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. | 12Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. |
| 13On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. | 13Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet. |
| 14Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, | 14Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 15and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases. | 15And make the hangings on the other side 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 16"For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen--the work of an embroiderer--with four posts and four bases. | 16The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases." |
| 17All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases. | 17All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. |
| 18The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases. | 18The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7 1/2 feet, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze. |
| 19All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of 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." |
| 20"Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. | 20You 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 curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come. | 21In the tent of meeting outside the veil 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." |
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