Exodus 27
Modern English Version
The Altar of Burnt Offering(A)
27 You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide.[a] The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.[b] 2 You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze. 4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. 5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar. 6 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles shall be put into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. 8 You shall make it hollow with boards. Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle(B)
9 You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long[c] for one side; 10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. 11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be curtains of fifty cubits[d] with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. 13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. 14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits[e] with their three pillars and their three sockets. 15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 For the gate of the court there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits,[f] of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with their four pillars and their four sockets. 17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of bronze. 18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty[g] throughout, and the height five cubits[h] of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp(C)
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of olive pressed for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
Footnotes
- Exodus 27:1 About 7½ feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.
- Exodus 27:1 About 4½ feet, or 1.4 meters.
- Exodus 27:9 About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.
- Exodus 27:12 About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13.
- Exodus 27:14 About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15.
- Exodus 27:16 About 30 feet, or 9 meters.
- Exodus 27:18 About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide, or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.
- Exodus 27:18 About 7½ feet, or 2.3 meters.
Exodus 27
Lexham English Bible
Instructions for Making the Bronze Altar
27 “And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square, and its height will be three cubits. 2 And you will make its horns on its four corners; its horns will be of one piece with it,[a] and you will overlay it with bronze. 3 And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks[b] and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment with bronze. 4 And you will make for it a grating, a work of bronze network, and you will make on the network four bronze rings on its four ends. 5 And you will put it under the ledge of the altar, below, and the network will be up to the middle of the altar. 6 And you will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with bronze. 7 And the poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. 8 You will make it hollow with boards. As it was shown you on the mountain, so they will do.
Instructions for Making the Courtyard
9 “You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the south[c] side will be hangings for the courtyard of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits long for the one side. 10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. 11 And likewise for the north side along the length will be hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. 12 And the width of the courtyard for the west[d] side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases. 13 And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, will be fifty cubits. 14 And hangings for the shoulder[e] will be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. 15 And fifteen cubits of hangings will be for the second shoulder[f] with their three pillars and their three bases. 16 And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases.
17 “All the pillars of the courtyard all around will be banded with silver, and their hooks will be silver, and their bases will be bronze. 18 The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits[g] and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases. 19 Bronze will be for all the equipment of the tabernacle in all its service and all its pegs[h] and all the pegs[i] of the courtyard.
Instructions for Making Oil for the Lampstand
20 “And you will command the Israelites,[j] and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tent of assembly outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will arrange it, from evening until morning, before Yahweh as a lasting statute throughout their generations from the Israelites.[k]
Footnotes
- Exodus 27:2 Literally “from it”
- Exodus 27:3 1 Samuel 2:13 mentions a fork with “three teeth” used by priests
- Exodus 27:9 Literally “south southward”
- Exodus 27:12 Or “sea”
- Exodus 27:14 Or “side,” referring to the span on one side of the courtyard’s entry
- Exodus 27:15 Or “side,” referring to the span on one side of the courtyard’s entry
- Exodus 27:18 Or “fifty with fifty.” Some suggest that the word for cubits has been accidentally omitted and the number fifty repeated in the Hebrew text. Others suggest that repetition of the number is original and indicates that the two ends of the courtyard are the same size
- Exodus 27:19 Literally “hands”
- Exodus 27:19 Literally “hands”
- Exodus 27:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 27:21 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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