Exodus 27

New American Standard Bible

The Bronze Altar

27 “Now you shall make ^(A)the altar of acacia wood, ^[a]five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be ^[b]three cubits. ² You shall make ^(B)its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with ^[c]bronze. ³ And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings ^[d]at its four corners. ⁵ And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting will reach halfway up the altar. ⁶ You shall also make carrying poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze. ⁷ Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles will be on the two sides of the altar ^(C)when it is carried. ⁸ You shall make it hollow with planks; ^(D)as it was shown to you on the mountain, so they shall make it.

Courtyard of the Tabernacle

⁹ “Now you shall make ^(E)the courtyard of the ^[e]tabernacle. ^[f]On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, a ^[g]hundred cubits long for one side; ¹⁰ and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ^[h]bands shall be of silver. ¹¹ Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a ^[i]hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. ¹² For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of ^[j]fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³ The width of the courtyard on the ^[k]east side shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ The hangings for the one ^[l]side of the gate shall be ^[m]fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁵ And for the ^[n]other ^[o]side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of ^[p]twenty cubits, of ^[q]violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ^[r]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases. ¹⁷ All the pillars around the courtyard shall be joined together with silver, with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the courtyard shall be a ^[s]hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze.

²⁰ “And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you ^(F)clear oil of beaten olives for the ^[t]light, to make a lamp ^[u]burn continually. ²¹ In the ^(G)tent of meeting, outside ^(H)the veil which is before the testimony, ^(I)Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall be a permanent ^(J)statute throughout their generations ^[v]for the sons of Israel.