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Exodus 27


Exodus 27 - 1

(“) You are to build - an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square , five cubits long , five cubits wide , and three cubits high.

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Make a horn on each of its four corners , so that the horns are of one piece , and overlay - it with bronze.

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Make ... all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes , its shovels , its sprinkling bowls , its meat forks , and its firepans.

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Construct a grate ... of bronze mesh , and make a - bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

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Set (the grate) beneath - the ledge of the altar , so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

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Additionally, make poles - of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

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The poles are to be inserted - into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried -.

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Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown - on the mountain ....

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You are also to make - a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south ... side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen , a hundred cubits long on one side ,

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with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases , and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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Likewise (there are to be) curtains on the north side , a hundred (cubits) long , with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases , and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide , with ten posts and ten bases.

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The east side of the courtyard , toward the sunrise , (is to be) fifty cubits wide.

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Make the curtains on one side fifteen ... cubits long , with three posts and three bases ,

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and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long ... , with three posts and three bases.

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The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits (long) , with a curtain embroidered with blue , purple , and scarlet yarn , ... and finely spun ... linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

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All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands ... , silver hooks , and bronze bases.

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The entire courtyard (shall be) a hundred cubits long and fifty (cubits) wide , (with curtains) of finely spun linen five cubits high , and with bronze bases.

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All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use , including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard , shall be made of bronze.

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And you are to command - the Israelites ... to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light , to keep the lamps burning continually.

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In the Tent of Meeting , outside the veil that (is) in front of the Testimony , Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites ... vvv for the generations to come. (’’)