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Exodus 27

Jewish Publication Society, 1917

Translation: OJPS

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1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits.Select Exodus 27:1

2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with brass.Select Exodus 27:2

3And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.Select Exodus 27:3

4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.Select Exodus 27:4

5And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.Select Exodus 27:5

6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass.Select Exodus 27:6

7And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.Select Exodus 27:7

8Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it.Select Exodus 27:8

9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.Select Exodus 27:9

10And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.Select Exodus 27:10

11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.Select Exodus 27:11

12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.Select Exodus 27:12

13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.Select Exodus 27:13

14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.Select Exodus 27:14

15And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.Select Exodus 27:15

16And 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 weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets four.Select Exodus 27:16

17All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.Select Exodus 27:17

18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.Select Exodus 27:18

19All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.Select Exodus 27:19

20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.Select Exodus 27:20

21In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.Select Exodus 27:21

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Jewish Publication Society, 1917 (OJPS). Used under license from the Korean Bible Society. © Korean Bible Society. About this translation

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