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Exodus 27 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

The Bronze Altar

Exo 27:1

“And you shall make the altar [for burnt offerings] of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Exo 27:2“Make horns (horn-shaped projections) for it on its four corners; the horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exo 27:3“You shall make pots to remove its ashes, and shovels, basins [to catch the blood of the sacrificed animal], meat-forks, and firepans [to store live coals]. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
Exo 27:4“Also make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the grid you are to make four bronze rings at its four corners.
Exo 27:5“And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the grid will extend halfway up the altar.
Exo 27:6“You shall make [carrying] poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, overlaid with bronze.
Exo 27:7“The poles shall be inserted through the rings on the two sides of the altar so that it may be carried.
Exo 27:8“You are to make the altar hollow with planks; as you were shown on the mountain [of Sinai], so shall it be made.

Court of the Tabernacle

Exo 27:9

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. The south side of the court is to have curtains of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side;

Exo 27:10it shall have twenty pillars and twenty bronze sockets; but the hooks of the pillars and their fasteners shall be silver;
Exo 27:11likewise for the north side there shall be curtains, a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and twenty bronze sockets; but the hooks of the pillars and their fasteners shall be silver.
Exo 27:12“For the width of the court on the west side there shall be curtains of fifty cubits, with ten pillars (support poles) and ten sockets.
Exo 27:13“The width of the court [to the front], on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
Exo 27:14“The curtains for one side [of the gate] shall be fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets.
Exo 27:15“On the other side [of the gate] the curtains shall be fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets.
Exo 27:16“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen [to provide a covering] of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four pillars and four [base] sockets.
Exo 27:17“All the pillars (support poles) around the court shall be joined together with silver rods; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.
Exo 27:18“The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty [cubits] throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
Exo 27:19“All the tabernacle’s utensils and instruments used in all its service, and all its stakes, and all the stakes for the court, shall be of bronze.
Exo 27:20

“You shall command the Israelites to provide you with clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually [every night].

Exo 27:21“In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which is in front of the [ark of the] Testimony [and sets it apart], Aaron [the high priest] and his sons shall keep the lamp burning from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a perpetual statute [to be observed] throughout their generations on behalf of the Israelites.
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