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"Now 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.

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.

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

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.

"And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

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.

"You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings 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.

"And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting will reach halfway up 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.

"You shall also make carrying poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze.

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

"Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles will be on the two sides 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.

"You shall make it hollow with planks; as it was shown to you on the mountain, so they shall make it.

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

"Now you shall make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side;

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:

and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be 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.

"Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be 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.

"For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their 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.

"The width of the courtyard on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

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

"The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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

"And for the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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

"And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits, of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their 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.

"All the pillars around the courtyard shall be joined together with silver, with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze.

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

"The length of the courtyard shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.

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.

"All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze.

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.

"And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

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.

"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 the LORD; it shall be a permanent statute throughout their generations for the sons 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.