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1 Make an acacia-wood altar. The altar should be square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It should be four and a half feet high.
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“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
2 Make horns for the altar and attach them to it, one horn on each of its four corners. Cover it with copper.
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And 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.
3 Make pails for removing its ashes and its shovels, bowls, meat forks, and trays. Make all its equipment out of copper.
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You 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.
4 Make for the altar a grate made of copper mesh. Make four copper rings for each of the four corners of the mesh.
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You 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.
5 Slide the mesh underneath the bottom edge of the altar and then extend the mesh halfway up to the middle of the altar.
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And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.
6 Make acacia-wood poles for the altar and cover them with copper.
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And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 Put the poles through the rings so that the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
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And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8 Make the altar with planks but hollow inside. All these should be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
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You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.
9 You should also set up the dwelling's courtyard. The courtyard's south side should have drapes of fine twisted linen stretching one hundred fifty feet on that side,
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“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.
10 with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts.
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Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 Likewise along the north side the drapes should stretch one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts.
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And 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.
12 The courtyard's width on the west side should consist of seventy-five feet of drapes with their ten posts and their ten bases.
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And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
13 The courtyard's width on the front, facing east should be seventy-five feet.
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The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.
14 There should be twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on one side with three posts and three bases for them.
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The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
15 There should be twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on the other side with three posts and three bases for them.
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On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
16 For the gate into the courtyard there will be a screen thirty feet long, made of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework. It will have four posts with their four bases.
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For 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.
17 All the posts around the courtyard will have silver bands, silver hooks, and copper bases.
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All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
18 The courtyard will be one hundred fifty feet long and seventy-five feet wide. Its walls' height will be seven and a half feet of fine twisted linen and its copper bases.
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The 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.
19 All the dwelling's equipment for any use and all its tent pegs and all the courtyard's tent pegs will be made of copper.
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All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
20 You must require the Israelites to bring you pure oil of crushed olives for the light so that the lamp may be set up to burn continually.
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“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.
21 In the meeting tent, outside the veil that hangs in front of the covenant document, Aaron and his sons will tend the lamp from evening to morning in the LORD's presence. It will be a permanent regulation for the Israelites in every generation.
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In 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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