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1"Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. | 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. |
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. | 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. |
3Make all its utensils of bronze--its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. | 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. |
4Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network. | 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. |
5Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar. | 5You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. |
6Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. | 6You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to 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 for it are to be put through the rings, so the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it's carried. |
8Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. | 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." |
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, | 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. |
10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. | 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. |
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. | 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. |
12"The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. | 12"The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits long with ten pillars and ten sockets. |
13On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. | 13The width of the court on the east side is to be 50 cubits. |
14Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, | 14The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets. |
15and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases. | 15"For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three sockets. |
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. | 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 posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases. | 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 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 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 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 utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court 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. | 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 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 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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