| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“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. | 1You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7 1/2 feet long, and 7 1/2 feet wide; it must be 4 1/2 feet high. |
| 2And 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. | 2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. |
| 3You 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. | 3Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. |
| 4You 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. | 4Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. |
| 5And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. | 5Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
| 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. | 6Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. |
| 7And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. | 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. |
| 8You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. | 8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. They are to make it just as it was shown to you on the mountain." |
| 9“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. | 9You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side. |
| 10Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. | 10There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. |
| 11And 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. | 11Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver. |
| 12And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. | 12Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. |
| 13The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. | 13Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet. |
| 14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. | 14Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 15On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. | 15And make the hangings on the other side 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 16For 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. | 16The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases." |
| 17All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. | 17All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. |
| 18The 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. | 18The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7 1/2 feet, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze. |
| 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. | 19All the tools of the tabernacle for every use and all its tent pegs as well as all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze." |
| 20“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. | 20You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually. |
| 21In 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. | 21In the tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the LORD. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations." |
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