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.

“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits.

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

You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall 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.

You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.

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

You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

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

You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

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

You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia 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.

Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying 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

You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.

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.

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one 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 its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, 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.

Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, 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.

For the width 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.

The width 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 for the 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.

For the other side shall be hangings of 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.

For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars 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 of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks 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 one hundred cubits, and the width 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 instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, 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.

“You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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 Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.