Exodus 27 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Altar of Burnt Offering

The Altar of the Burnt Offering

(Ex. 38:1–7 )

Exo 27:1“You shall make an altar 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

Exo 27:2“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.

Exo 27:3

Exo 27:3“Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

Exo 27:4

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

Exo 27:5

Exo 27:5“You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.

Exo 27:6

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

Exo 27:7

Exo 27:7“The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.

Exo 27:8

Exo 27:8“You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

The Court of the Tabernacle

(Ex. 38:9–20 )

Exo 27:9

Exo 27:9“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

Exo 27:10

Exo 27:10“And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.

Exo 27:11

Exo 27:11“Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

Exo 27:12

Exo 27:12“And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

Exo 27:13

Exo 27:13“The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

Exo 27:14

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

Exo 27:15

Exo 27:15“And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

Exo 27:16

Exo 27:16“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.

Exo 27:17

Exo 27:17“All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

Exo 27:18

Exo 27:18“The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

Exo 27:19

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

The Care of the Lampstand

(Lev. 24:1–4 )

Exo 27:20

Exo 27:20“And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

Exo 27:21

Exo 27:21“In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

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