Exodus 27 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

The Bronze Altar

(Exo 38:1–7 )

Exo 27:1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits[fn] long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Exo 27:2

Exo 27:2And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

Exo 27:3

Exo 27:3You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.

Exo 27:4

Exo 27:4You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Exo 27:5

Exo 27:5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

Exo 27:6

Exo 27:6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

Exo 27:7

Exo 27:7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Exo 27:8

Exo 27:8You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

The Court of the Tabernacle

(Exo 38:9–20 )

Exo 27:9

Exo 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.

Exo 27:10

Exo 27:10Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

Exo 27:11

Exo 27:11And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

Exo 27:12

Exo 27:12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.

Exo 27:13

Exo 27:13The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.

Exo 27:14

Exo 27:14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exo 27:15

Exo 27:15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exo 27:16

Exo 27:16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

Exo 27:17

Exo 27:17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

Exo 27:18

Exo 27:18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.

Exo 27:19

Exo 27:19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

Oil for the Lamp

(Lev 24:1–4 )

Exo 27:20

Exo 27:20“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.

Exo 27:21

Exo 27:21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.

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ESV Footnotes

(27:1)

A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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