Exodus 27

₁The Lord said to Moses: ‘You must make an altar from acacia wood. It must be 5 cubits long, 5 cubits wide and 3 cubits high. The altar must have 4 corners ₂and there must be 4 horns_on_the_altar, on the 4 corners. The altar and the horns must be one piece of wood. Then you must cover the altar with bronze.

₃Make pots for the ashes and make shovels, bowls, forks and buckets for the coals. You must make them all from bronze.

₄Make a square net from bronze around the altar and fasten 4 bronze rings to it, a ring at each corner. ₅The net must be as high as half of the altar. ₆You must make carrying poles from acacia wood and cover them with bronze. ₇Then you must put the carrying poles in the rings so that the poles are on 2 sides of the altar so that you can carry it. ₈You must make the altar from thin wood. It must be like an open box. Make it as I have shown you on the mountain.’

₉The Lord said to Moses: ‘There must be a courtyard around the tent of the Lord. There must be curtains around it. They must be made of good linen. The southern side must be 100 cubits long ₁₀and the curtains must hang from 20 poles with 20 bronze stands. There must be silver hooks and rings on the poles. ₁₁The northern side must also be 100 cubits long and the curtains must hang from 20 poles with 20 bronze stands with silver hooks and rings on the poles. ₁₂The western side of the courtyard must be 50 cubits wide and there must be curtains hanging from 10 poles and 10 stands. ₁₃The courtyard on the eastern side must also be 50 cubits wide. ₁₄The curtains in front must hang 15 cubits long to one side of the door and there must be 3 poles with their stands. ₁₅On the other side of the door the curtains must also be 15 cubits long and there must be 3 poles with their stands. ₁₆There must be a curtain at the door. It must be 20 cubits long. You must make the curtain from blue, purple and red wool and good linen. The curtain must hang on 4 poles that stand on 4 stands. ₁₇You must make all the poles and hooks from silver and the stands from bronze. ₁₈The courtyard must be 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide and the curtains must be 5 cubits high. Make the curtains from good linen and the stands from bronze. ₁₉You must make all the tools, which the priests use to work in the tent of the Lord, and all the tent-pegs from bronze.’

₂₀‘Tell the Israelites to bring pure olive oil to you. You must pour the olive oil into the lamps so that there is always a light burning in the tent of the Lord. ₂₁The covenant box with the 10 commandments in it must stay behind the curtain, and the lamps must burn in front of the curtain in the tent where I will appear to you. Aaron and his sons must make sure that the lamps in front of the Lord always burn, from night to morning. The priests must always burn the lamps for you and your descendants.’