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The Bronze Altar

¹ "And you shall make ^(C1)the altar of acacia wood, five ^(F1)cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.² "You shall make ^(C1)its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with ^(F1)bronze.³ "You shall make its pails for removing 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 for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings ^(F1)at its four corners.⁵ "You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, 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 "Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar ^(C1)when it is carried.⁸ "You shall make it hollow with planks; ^(C1)as it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it.

Court of the Tabernacle

⁹ "You shall make ^(C1)the court of the ^(F1)tabernacle. ^(F2)On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side;¹⁰ and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty ^(F1)sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their ^(F2)bands shall be of silver.¹¹ "Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty ^(F1)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 hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten ^(F1)sockets.¹³ "The width of the court on the ^(F1)east side shall be fifty cubits.¹⁴ "The hangings for the one ^(F1)side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three ^(F2)sockets.¹⁵ "And for the ^(F1)other ^(F2)side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three ^(F3)sockets.¹⁶ "For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of ^(F1)blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ^(F2)weaver, with their four pillars and their four ^(F3)sockets.¹⁷ "All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their ^(F1)sockets of bronze.¹⁸ "The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their ^(F1)sockets of bronze.¹⁹ "All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

²⁰ "You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you ^(C1)clear oil of beaten olives for the ^(F1)light, to make a lamp ^(F2)burn continually.²¹ "In the ^(C1)tent of meeting, outside ^(C2)the veil which is before the testimony, ^(C3)Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual ^(C4)statute throughout their generations ^(F1)for the sons of Israel.