Exodus 27:3-13

3 Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.

4 Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

5 Set it below, under the altar's ledge,^[a] so that the mesh comes halfway up^[b] the altar.

6 Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7 The poles are to be inserted into the rings, so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

8 Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. They are to make it just as it was shown to you on the mountain.

The Courtyard

9 "You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. [Make the hangings] on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet^[c] long on that side.

10 There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands^[d] of the posts must be silver.

11 Then [make the hangings] on the north side 150 [feet]^[e] long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands^[f] of the posts must be silver.

12 [Make] the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet^[g] long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases.

13 Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.^[h]

Exodus 27:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27

This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.

Footnotes

• [a] Perhaps a ledge around the altar on which the priests could stand; Lv 9:22
• [b] Or altar's rim, so that the grid comes halfway down
• [c] Lit 100 cubits
• [d] Or connecting rods
• [e] Lit 100 [cubits]
• [f] Or connecting rods
• [g] Lit 50 cubits
• [h] Lit 50 cubits