1 And thou shalt
make an
altar of
shittim wood,
five cubits long, and
five cubits broad; the
altar shall be
foursquare: and the
height thereof shall be
three cubits.
2 And thou shalt
make the
horns of it upon the
four corners thereof: his
horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt
overlay it with
brass.
3 And thou shalt
make his
pans to receive his
ashes, and his
shovels, and his
basons, and his
fleshhooks, and his
firepans: all the
vessels thereof thou shalt
make of
brass.
4 And thou shalt
make for it a
grate of
network of
brass; and upon the
net shalt thou
make four brasen rings in the
four corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt
put it under the
compass of the
altar beneath, that the
net may be even
to the
midst of the
altar.
6 And thou shalt
make staves for the
altar,
staves of
shittim wood, and
overlay them with
brass.
7 And the
staves shall be
put into the
rings, and the
staves shall be upon the
two sides of the
altar, to
bear it.
8 Hollow with
boards shalt thou
make it: as it was
shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they
make it.
9 And thou shalt
make the
court of the
tabernacle: for the
south side southward there shall be
hangings for the
court of fine
twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for
one side:
10 And the
twenty pillars thereof and their
twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the
hooks of the
pillars and their
fillets shall be of
silver.
11 And likewise for the
north side in
length there shall be
hangings of an
hundred cubits
long, and his
twenty pillars and their
twenty sockets of
brass; the
hooks of the
pillars and their
fillets of
silver.
12 And for the
breadth of the
court on the
west side shall be
hangings of
fifty cubits: their
pillars ten, and their
sockets ten.
13 And the
breadth of the
court on the
east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.
14 The
hangings of one
side of the gate shall be
fifteen chamesh#
cubits: their
pillars three, and their
sockets three.
15 And on the
other side shall be
hangings fifteen chamesh#
cubits: their
pillars three, and their
sockets three.
16 And for the
gate of the
court shall be an
hanging of
twenty cubits, of
blue, and
purple, and
scarlet shaniy#
, and fine
twined linen, wrought with
needlework : and their
pillars shall be
four, and their
sockets four.
17 All the
pillars round
about the
court shall be
filleted with
silver; their
hooks shall be of
silver, and their
sockets of
brass.
18 The
length of the
court shall be an
hundred cubits, and the
breadth fifty every
where, and the
height five cubits of fine
twined linen, and their
sockets of
brass.
19 All the
vessels of the
tabernacle in all the
service thereof, and all the
pins thereof, and all the
pins of the
court, shall be of
brass.
20 And thou shalt
command the
children of
Israel, that they
bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the
light, to cause the
lamp to
burn always.
21 In the
tabernacle of the
congregation without the
vail, which is before the
testimony,
Aaron and his
sons shall
order it from
evening to
morning before the
LORD: it shall be a
statute for
ever unto their
generations on the behalf of the
children of
Israel.