1 ¶ Thou shalt also make an altar of cedar wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare, and its height shall be three cubits.

“Make the altar of acacia wood. It will be as long and as wide as three steps, and as tall as a man’s chest.

2 A nd thou shalt make the horns of it upon its four corners; its horns shall be of the same, and thou shalt cover it with brass.

Make horns for it on its four corners. They will be of one piece and covered with brass.

3 A nd thou shalt make its pans to receive the ashes with its burnt fat, and its shovels and its basins and its fleshhooks and its firepans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

Make its pails for taking away its ashes, its tools for picking up the ashes, its pots, meat-hooks and fire-holders. Make all of these out of brass.

4 A nd 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.

Make a net for it out of brass, with four rings of brass at its four corners.

5 A nd thou shalt put it under the circumference of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

Put it under the altar so that the net comes up to the center of the altar.

6 T hou shalt also make staves for the altar, staves of cedar wood, and cover them with brass.

Make long, straight pieces of acacia wood for the altar. And cover them with brass.

7 A nd the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it.

Put the long pieces of wood through the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried.

8 H ollow with boards shalt thou make it; as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

Make the altar with pieces of wood so it is empty inside. Make it as it was shown to you on the mountain. The Open Spaces

9 ¶ In the same manner thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle; to the side of the Negev to the south there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of one hundred cubits long for each side;

“Make the open space of the meeting tent. On the south side there will be curtains for the open space. Make them of fine linen, as long as fifty long steps.

10 a nd its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

They will hang from twenty pillars which are put on twenty bases of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their rings will be made of silver.

11 A nd likewise for the side of the Aquilon in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Do the same for the north side. There will be curtains as long as fifty long steps, and twenty pillars with twenty bases of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their rings will be made of silver.

12 A nd for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

On the west side of the open space there will be curtains as long as twenty-five long steps. They will have ten pillars with ten bases.

13 A nd the breadth of the court on the side of the rising sun to the east shall be fifty cubits.

And the east side of the open space will be as wide as twenty-five long steps.

14 T he hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

“The curtains for one side of the gate will be as long as seven steps. They will have three pillars with three bases.

15 A nd on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.

On the other side there will be curtains as long as seven steps, with three pillars and three bases.

16 A nd at the gate of the court there shall be a hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four.

Have an able workman make a curtain out of fine linen for the gate of the open space. It will be blue, purple and red, and as long as ten long steps. It will have four pillars with four bases.

17 A ll the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their capitals shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

All the pillars around the open space will have silver hooks, silver rings, and their bases of brass.

18 T he length of the court shall be one hundred cubits and the breadth fifty on the one side and fifty on the other and the height five cubits, its hangings of fine twined linen and their sockets of brass.

The open space will be as long as fifty long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and as high as a man raises his hand. It will have curtains of fine linen and the bases will be brass.

19 A ll the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof and all the stakes thereof and all the stakes of the court, shall be of brass.

All the tools used in the meeting tent, all its nails, and all the nails for the open space will be made of brass. Care of the Lamp-Stand

20 ¶ And thou shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring thee olive oil, clear, crushed, for the light, to cause the lamps to burn always.

“Tell the people of Israel to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, so a lamp may burn all the time.

21 I n the tabernacle of the testimony outside the veil, which shall be before the ark of the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order them from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute of the sons of Israel for their generations.

In the meeting tent, outside the curtain which is in front of the Law, Aaron and his sons will take care of it from evening until morning before the Lord. It will be a law forever for the people of Israel.