Exode 27
La Bible du Semeur
L’autel
27 Tu feras l’autel[a] en bois d’acacia. Sa base formera un carré de deux mètres cinquante de côté et il aura un mètre cinquante de hauteur. 2 A ses quatre angles, tu feras quatre cornes[b] en saillie de l’autel ; tu le plaqueras de bronze. 3 Tu fabriqueras des récipients destinés à recueillir les cendres grasses, des pelles, des bassines[c], des fourchettes et des brasiers[d]. Tous ces ustensiles seront en bronze. 4 Tu muniras l’autel d’une grille faite d’un treillis de bronze ; tu y fixeras quatre anneaux de bronze aux quatre coins. 5 Tu le placeras sous la bordure de l’autel, depuis le bas jusqu’à mi-hauteur de l’autel. 6 Tu lui feras des barres en bois d’acacia et tu les recouvriras de bronze. 7 On introduira ces barres dans les anneaux sur les deux côtés de l’autel. Elles serviront à le transporter. 8 L’autel sera fait avec des panneaux. Il sera creux à l’intérieur[e]. On le fera selon ce qui t’a été montré sur la montagne.
L’enceinte du parvis
9 Tu feras le parvis du tabernacle : sur le côté sud, sur une longueur de cinquante mètres[f], il sera délimité par des tentures de lin retors. 10 Elles seront soutenues par vingt piliers reposant sur vingt socles de bronze ; ces piliers seront munis de crochets et de tringles d’argent. 11 Sur le côté nord, il y aura également cinquante mètres de tentures soutenues par vingt piliers reposant sur vingt socles de bronze ; ces piliers seront munis de crochets et de tringles d’argent. 12 Sur la largeur du parvis, à l’ouest, sur vingt-cinq mètres, des tentures seront soutenues par dix piliers reposant sur dix socles. 13 Du côté est, le parvis aura également vingt-cinq mètres de largeur. 14-15 De chaque côté de la porte, il y aura, sur sept mètres cinquante, des tentures soutenues par trois piliers reposant sur trois socles. 16 La porte du parvis sera constituée par un rideau de dix mètres de long. Il sera fait de fils de pourpre violette et écarlate, de rouge éclatant et de fin lin retors en ouvrage brodé. Il sera soutenu par quatre piliers reposant sur leurs quatre socles. 17 Tous les piliers délimitant le parvis seront reliés par des tringles d’argent munies de crochets d’argent ; leurs socles seront en bronze. 18 Le parvis aura cinquante mètres de long et vingt-cinq mètres de large, la hauteur de l’enceinte de fin lin retors sera de deux mètres cinquante. Les socles seront en bronze, 19 de même que tous les ustensiles destinés au service du tabernacle, et tous les piquets du tabernacle et tous ceux du parvis.
L’entretien du chandelier
20 Toi, tu ordonneras aux Israélites de te prendre de l’huile raffinée d’olives concassées pour alimenter en permanence les lampes du chandelier. 21 Aaron et ses fils arrangeront ces lampes dans la tente de la Rencontre[g] devant le voile qui cache le coffre de l’acte de l’alliance, pour qu’elles brûlent du soir au matin devant l’Eternel. C’est une loi en vigueur à perpétuité pour les Israélites dans toutes les générations.
Footnotes
- 27.1 L’autel des holocaustes (voir Lv 4.7, 10, 18).
- 27.2 La corne symbolisait la puissance. Le prêtre enduisait les cornes de l’autel avec le sang des victimes (Lv 4.7, 18, 25, 30, 34 ; 8.15 ; 9.9 ; 16.18 ; Ps 118.27).
- 27.3 Pour recueillir le sang des victimes immolées devant l’autel afin d’en faire l’aspersion sur la base de l’autel.
- 27.3 Pour transporter des braises de l’autel des holocaustes à l’autel de l’encens (des parfums) à l’intérieur du lieu saint (Lv 10.1 ; 16.12-13).
- 27.8 L’intérieur était rempli de terre ou de pierres (20.24-25). Seule la carcasse était transportée lorsque le camp se déplaçait (25.12).
- 27.9 Voir note en Ex 26.2.
- 27.21 Appelée aussi, selon les versions, tente de la réunion ou d’assignation. Il s’agit de la rencontre de Dieu avec Moïse (33.7-11), avec les prêtres qui venaient le consulter ou, à certaines occasions, avec tout le peuple convoqué (29.42-43).
Exodus 27
International Standard Version
The Altar
27 “You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits[a] long and five cubits[b] wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits[c] high. 2 You are to make horns[d] on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. 3 You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze. 4 You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. 5 You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar. 6 You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles for it are to be put through the rings, so the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it’s carried. 8 You are to make it hollow out of boards—just as it was shown you on the mountain, that’s how they are to make it.”
The Court of the Tent
9 “You are to make the court of the tent. On the south[e] side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits[f] long on one side. 10 It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands[g] are to be made of silver. 11 Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits[h] long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands[i] are to be made of silver.
12 “The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits[j] long with ten pillars and ten sockets. 13 The width of the court on the east side[k] is to be 50 cubits.[l] 14 The hangings for the one section[m] are to be fifteen cubits long,[n] with their three pillars and three sockets.
15 “For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits,[o] with their three pillars and three sockets. 16 There is to be a screen of 20 cubits[p] of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. 17 All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. 18 The length of the court is to be 100 cubits,[q] the width 50 cubits,[r] and the height five cubits,[s] with the hangings[t] of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze.”
The Oil for the Lamp
20 “And you are to command the Israelis to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand,[u] for the light in order to keep the lamp burning[v] continuously. 21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to maintain[w] the lamp stand[x] from evening until morning in the Lord’s presence. It is to be a perpetual ordinance from generation to generation among the Israelis.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 27:1 I.e. about seven and a half feet
- Exodus 27:1 I.e. about seven and a half feet
- Exodus 27:1 I.e. about four and a half feet
- Exodus 27:2 Lit. its horns
- Exodus 27:9 Lit. toward the Negev, southward
- Exodus 27:9 I.e. about 150 feet
- Exodus 27:10 Perhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars together
- Exodus 27:11 Lit. a hundred; i.e. about 150 feet; the Heb. lacks cubits
- Exodus 27:11 Perhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars together
- Exodus 27:12 I.e. about 75 feet
- Exodus 27:13 Lit. on the east side toward the rising (of the sun)
- Exodus 27:13 I.e. about 75 feet
- Exodus 27:14 Lit. the shoulder
- Exodus 27:14 I.e. about 22 and a half feet
- Exodus 27:15 I.e. about 22 and a half feet
- Exodus 27:16 I.e. about 30 feet
- Exodus 27:18 I.e. about 150 feet
- Exodus 27:18 Lit. the width 50 by 50 (I.e. 50 cubits on the east side and 50 cubits on the west side)
- Exodus 27:18 I.e. about seven and a half feet
- Exodus 27:18 The Heb. lacks with the hangings
- Exodus 27:20 Lit. beaten; i.e. the olives were crushed in a mortar rather than pressed in an olive press
- Exodus 27:20 Lit. going up
- Exodus 27:21 Lit. arrange
- Exodus 27:21 Lit. it
Exodus 27
New King James Version
The Altar of Burnt Offering(A)
27 “You shall make (B)an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. 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. 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. 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. 5 You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar. 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it. 8 You shall make it hollow with boards; (C)as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle(D)
9 (E)“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. 10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver. 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.
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. 13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
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. 17 All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their (F)hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. 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. 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(G)
20 “And (H)you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to [a]burn continually. 21 In the tabernacle of meeting, (I)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, (J)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. (K)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.
Footnotes
- Exodus 27:20 Lit. ascend
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