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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.