Making the Altar for the Tabernacle- by the Lord God’s Intelligent Design |
Exodus 27:1-21 The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus |
You shall make the square altar of shittim wood 5 cubits long x 5 cubits [wide] x 3 cubits [high.] It shall have a horn on [each] of [its] 4 corners & [they should be of 1 piece with the altar & overlaid] in brass. You shall make [its] vessels in brass: pans to receive [the] ashes, shovels, [basins,] flesh hooks & firepans. |
And you shall make for it a grate of a network of brass & 1 brass ring at [each] of [its] 4 corners upon the [network.] You shall put [the grate] under the [rim, going around] the altar, [below, so] the network [of the grate goes 1/2 way] up the altar. You shall make [poles] to be put into the rings on the 2 sides of the altar to [carry] it & should be made of shittim wood & [overlaid] with brass. |
You shall make [the altar] hollow with boards, as it was shown to you on the Mount, they make it [like this.] [Exodus 26:30 and you shall [raise] up the tabernacle according to the fashion [of it that was shown to] you in the Mount [Horeb, a.k.a. Mount Sinai.] |
You shall make the [courtyard] of the tabernacle. There shall be hangings for the court on the South & North sides made of fine [woven] linen for [each] side, 100 cubits long for one side. [Its] 20 pillars & their 20 sockets shall be of brass. The hooks of the pillars & their [bands] shall be of silver. |
Along the [width] of the West side of the [courtyard,] there shall be hangings of 50 cubits with 10 pillars & 10 sockets. The [width] of the [courtyard] on the East side shall be 50 cubits, but the hangings on [both] sides shall [each] be 15 cubits with 3 pillars & 3 sockets. |
For the gate of the [courtyard,] there shall be a hanging [screen] 20 cubits [long] & [woven] of blue, purple & scarlet thread & fine [woven] linen made with needlework. It shall have 4 pillars & 4 sockets. |
All the pillars [around] the [courtyard] shall have [bands] of silver & their hooks shall be silver & their sockets brass. The [courtyard] shall be 100 cubits [long] x 50 cubits [wide] x 5 cubits [high] & made of fine [woven] linen & [its] sockets [made] of brass. |
All the vessels & [utensils] for the service of the tabernacle & all the [pegs] of the [courtyard] shall be brass. You shall command the children [people] of Israel to bring pure oil [of pressed olives to allow] the light to burn [continually.] |
Aaron & his sons shall [be in charge of] it from evening until morning before the Lord, in the tabernacle of the congregation, [outside the veil,] which is before the Testimony. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of children [people] of Israel. |