1 “ 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.

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

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 M ake 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.

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

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

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

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

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

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 M ake 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

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

9 “ 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.

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 T hey 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.

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 D o 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.

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 O n 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.

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

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

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

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 H ave 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.

And for the gate of the court shall be an 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.

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

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 T he 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.

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 A ll 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

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

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 I n 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.

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.