Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 "Make an altar out of acacia wood. It is to be square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it is to be 4 1/2 feet high.
1
"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
2 Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze.
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 brass.
3 Make pans for the greasy ashes, and make shovels, bowls, hooks, and fire pans. All this equipment is to be made of bronze.
3
You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
4 Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners.
4
You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four brazen rings in its four corners.
5 Put the grating under the rim of the altar, so that it reaches halfway up the altar.
5
You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
6 Make carrying poles of acacia wood, cover them with bronze,
6
You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
7 and put them in the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried.
7
Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
8 Make the altar out of boards and leave it hollow, according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
8
Hollow with planks shall you make it: as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
9 "For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 50 yards long,
9
"You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
10 supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver.
10
and the pillars of it shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 Do the same on the north side of the enclosure.
11
Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and the pillars of it twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
12 On the west side there are to be curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases.
12
For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 25 yards wide.
13
The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14 On each side of the entrance there are to be 7 1/2 yards of curtains, with three posts and three bases.
14
The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 For the entrance itself there is to be a curtain 10 yards long made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and decorated with embroidery. It is to be supported by four posts in four bases.
16
For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
17 All the posts around the enclosure are to be connected with silver rods, and their hooks are to be made of silver and their bases of bronze.
17
All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18 The enclosure is to be 50 yards long, 25 yards wide, and 2 1/2 yards high. The curtains are to be made of fine linen and the bases of bronze.
18
The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All the equipment that is used in the Tent and all the pegs for the Tent and for the enclosure are to be made of bronze.
19
All the instruments of the tent in all its service, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20 "Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.
20
"You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
21 Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept forever by the Israelites and their descendants.
21
In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
The World English Bible is in the public domain.