1“You27:1–8 Ex 38:1–7; Ezk 43:13 are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide;27:1 Lit five cubits in length and five cubits in width it must be 4½ feet high.27:1 Lit wide; and its height three cubits

2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece.27:2 Lit piece with it Overlay it with bronze.27:2 Nm 16:38; Ps 118:27

3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.

4Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

5Set it below, under the altar’s ledge,27:5 Perhaps a ledge around the altar on which the priests could stand; Lv 9:22 so that the mesh comes halfway up27:5 Or altar’s rim, so that the grid comes halfway down the altar.

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 that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

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.27:8 Ex 25:40; 26:30

9“You27:9–19 Ex 38:9–20 are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make hangings for the south side of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet27:9 Lit 100 cubits, also in v. 11 long on that side

10including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands27:10 Or connecting rods, also in v. 11 for the posts.

11And so make hangings 150 feet long for the north side, including twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts.

12For the width of the courtyard, make hangings 75 feet27:12 Lit 50 cubits, also in v. 13 long for the west side, including their ten posts and their ten bases.

13And for the width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet,

14make hangings 22½ feet27:14 Lit 15 cubits, also in v. 15 long for one side of the gate, including their three posts and their three bases.

15And make hangings 22½ feet long for the other side, including their three posts and their three bases.

16The gate of the courtyard is to have a 30-foot27:16 Lit 20-cubit screen27:16 Ex 35:17; 38:18; 39:40; 40:8,33; Nm 3:26; 4:26 embroidered27:16 Or woven with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts and their four bases.

20“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

21In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is in front of the testimony,27:21 Ex 30:8; 1Sm 3:3; 2Ch 13:11 Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp27:21 Ex 26:31,33; 28:43 from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute27:21 Ex 29:9; Lv 3:17; 16:34; Nm 18:23; 19:21 for the Israelites throughout their generations.