| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits. | 1"You 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. |
| 2You shall make its horns 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. |
| 3Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; 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 make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network 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. |
| 5You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up 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. |
| 7The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it. | 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 was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it. | 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 also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side. | 9"You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make hangings for the south side of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side |
| 10And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver. | 10including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. |
| 11Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. | 11And so make hangings 150 feet long for the north side, including twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. |
| 12“And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. | 12For the width of the courtyard, make hangings 75 feet long for the west side, including their ten posts and their ten bases. |
| 13The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. | 13And for the width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet, |
| 14The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. | 14make hangings 22 1/2 feet long for one side of the gate, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 15And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. | 15And make hangings 22 1/2 feet long for the other side, including their three posts and their three bases. |
| 16“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets. | 16The gate of the courtyard is to have a 30-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts and their four bases. |
| 17All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. | 17"All 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 one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. | 18The courtyard is to be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide at each end, and 7 1/2 feet high, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts are to be bronze. |
| 19All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. | 19All the utensils 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“And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. | 20"You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly. |
| 21In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel. | 21In the tent of meeting outside the curtain 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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