Exodus 27Previous Chapter | Next ChapterThe Altar1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood. It shall be seven and a half feetLit. five cubits;Or about 2.3 meterslong, seven and a half feetLit. five cubits;Or about 2.3 meterswide;the altar shall be a square, and it shall be four and a half feetLit. three cubits;Or about 1.4 metershigh.2You shall make hornsLit. its hornson its four corners. Its corners shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.3You shall make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you shall make all its utensils of bronze.4You shall make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you shall make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners.5You shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar.6You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with bronze.7The poles for it shall be put through the rings, so the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when it’s carried.8You shall make it hollow out of boards—just as it was shown you on the mountain, so they shall make it.” The Court of the Tabernacle9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the southLit. toward the Negev, southwardside there shall be hangings of fine wovenOr twistedlinen for the court, 150 feetLit. 100 cubits;Or about 45.7 meterslong on one side.10It shall have twenty pillars, with twenty bronze sockets,Or basesand the hooks of the pillars and their bandsPerhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars togethershall be of silver.11Likewise for the length of the north side there shall be hangings 150 feetLit. a hundred; I.e. a hundred cubits; Or about 45.7 meters;The Heb. lacks cubitslong, and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets,Or basesand the hooks of the pillars and their bandsPerhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars togethershall be of silver.12“The width of the court on the west side shall have hangings seventy-five feetLit. fifty cubits;Or about 22.9 meterslong with ten pillars and ten sockets.Or bases13The width of the court on the east sideLit. on the east side toward the rising (of the sun)shall be seventy-five feet.Lit. fifty cubits;Or about 22.9 meters14The hangings for the one sectionLit. the shouldershall be twenty-two and a half feet,Lit. fifteen cubits;Or about 6.9 meterswith their three pillars and three sockets.Or bases15“For the second section there shall be hangings of twenty-two and a half feetLit. fifteen cubits;Or about 6.9 meterswith their three pillars and three sockets.Or bases16There shall be a screen of thirty feetLit. twenty cubits;Or about 9.1 metersof blue, purple, and scarlet materialThe Heb. lacks materialand fine wovenOr twistedlinen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it shall have four pillars and four sockets.Or bases17All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver and their socketsOr basesof bronze.18The length of the court shall be 150 feet,Lit. 100 cubits;Or about 45.7 metersthe width seventy-five feet,Lit. the width fifty by fifty (I.e. fifty cubits on the east side and fifty cubits on the west side)and the height seven and a half feet,Lit. five cubits;Or about 2.3 meterswith the hangingsThe Heb. lacks with the hangingsof fine wovenOr twistedlinen, and the socketsOr basesof bronze.19All the utensils of the tabernacle for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court shall be of bronze.” The Oil for the Lamp20“And you shall command the Israelites to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand,Lit. beaten;I.e. the olives were gently crushed in a mortar rather than pressed in an olive pressfor the light in order to keep the lamp burningLit. going upcontinually.21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is before the Testimony,I.e. the tablets on which the ten commandments were written and which were placed in the ark of the covenant;cf. Ex 25:16 and 31:18Aaron and his sons shall maintainLit. arrangethe lampstandLit. itfrom evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a perpetual ordinance for your generations among the Israelites.”
long, seven and a half feet
